No, not all, probably not even many. There are lots of candidates who know Unicode who would just say “I’ll assume that we have just ASCII characters unless you think I should consider Unicode” and if you say the latter, then they can say “Well, I could reverse it by just ensuring the text appears right to left, or perhaps by reordering each grapheme cluster to the end, or something like that. Let me know if you want one of those, otherwise I’ll just write it assuming you mean A”.
The magic of engineering isn’t doing what you’re told. It’s understanding and solving a problem someone has told you about.
My org doesn’t need the guys who need exhaustive instructions to take the next step. It needs those who can make good Bayesian inferences, reason inductively, and figure out problems.
So yes, it does filter out people with lots of knowledge who nonetheless lack these skills.
Hey, listen, the way I see it is that you don't want to work with a company like us and we don't want to work with you. It's an eminently compatible situation.
The magic of engineering isn’t doing what you’re told. It’s understanding and solving a problem someone has told you about.
My org doesn’t need the guys who need exhaustive instructions to take the next step. It needs those who can make good Bayesian inferences, reason inductively, and figure out problems.
So yes, it does filter out people with lots of knowledge who nonetheless lack these skills.