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What if your laptop is broken? You should be restricted from getting a job? What about if you just landed in the US and didn't want to have to present it to the
by s_dev 29d ago
What if your laptop is broken? You should be restricted from getting a job? What about if you just landed in the US and didn't want to have to present it to the authorities to scan and plan on buying a new one because they are cheaper there. What about if a family member was currently using it. There are plenty of valid reasons why you might not have a laptop in general or at the moment in your life.
- LostMyLogin 29d agoIf a candidate reached out claiming they didn’t have a machine to interview with, I’d gladly find another path forward. But I imagine that’s a small minority in this industry. It wouldn’t stop them from being hired.
- kulahan 29d agoAny obstacle whatsoever, especially one you yourself admit is very rare, is much more likely to result in a dropped interview if one is even offered. Why bother? You’ve got 10,000 candidates applying. Seriously, what would make “doesn’t have a laptop” stand out to you positively? Why not just go with the 9800 applicants who do have one? Surely there’s no reason to think “broken laptop = good dev”. It’s so much easier to simply go with a candidate who has no problems. Beyond that, what’s the deal with making candidates do stuff on their own machines anyways? You don’t know what’s on there. You don’t even know if it’s stable enough for a test, and none of that has any bearing at all on their skill. I’ve never worked in the Bay Area, but if this is common practice, I think I dodged a bullet.
- redox99 29d agoThen you should find a way around it. If an applicant can't even manage to get a laptop for a few hours I rather hire someone else. In extreme cases we can work it out but you should have something that makes up for the extra annoyance compared to 99% of applicants.
- mock-possum 29d agoWow your suggestion is “let them eat cake?” Do you actually believe what you’re saying, or have you not thought it through?
- CookieCrisp 29d agoWhat reality are you living in?
- fsckboy 29d agothere are people out there who don't want to hold your hand. stop advocating that we discriminate against them because you feel you need your hand held.
- metalforever 29d agoI’m a lead engineer and have been Staff plus for more than 5 years. I’ve actually personally run into this problem (not having a working laptop for an interview). I don’t really do laptops well because it’s not a good environment to get work done in. I can see a large screen(s) desktop setup better and prefer that.
- fsckboy 29d agothe mention of laptop was not adding a laptop requirement to the original question
- rootusrootus 29d ago> I can see a large screen(s) desktop setup better and prefer that. I kinda assumed that most developers took a similar approach to me. Laptop because portable when you need it, hooked to large screens, nice keyboard, nice mouse/whatever. I don't know what having a desktop would really buy me. I do 99% of my work with the laptop docked but that remaining 1% it sure is handy to grab it and go.
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- inigyou 29d agoSame answer as what if my clothes or shoes are broken, what if my car is broken, what if my arm is broken, what if my glasses are broken, what if my toothbrush is broken, what if my device I use to receive the job interview appointment is broken. I don't know about "should" but there are many things that must be working in order for you to get a job. If they are not then you won't get a job.