Post #2781669
2026-04-25 06:51 UTC
@JosephLeedy@phpc.social @ian@phpc.social is there a reason people dont refuse the take home? "no, pay me" is the only correct answer because they ALWAYS steal that code. my last job i refused. and i told them the answer to an xml riddle was "apt-get install libxml2" i am ultra tired of being shit-tested. they only do it to try and show they have more college than you - even if they dont.
home time is wife and family time i am not going to suffer their bull for a job they dont intend to fill after the quarter report
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@ian@phpc.social 2026-04-25 15:28
@bobmagicii@phpc.social @JosephLeedy@phpc.social Easy answer: amortized against the difference between "zero dollars of salary" and "a salary at market rates for a Staff level dev" I'll put in time to take the latter. Also, all three take-homes that I've either done or are on my plate to do wouldn't be usable for the company in their own operation, so there isn't a work-stealing dynamic at play here.