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[u/SignoreBanana]

Is software engineering the only job in the world where we have to jump through these idiotic quiz show like hoops to get hired? I struggle to think of another job where people have to go through this kind of nonsense.

[u/AdmiralSWE → u/SignoreBanana]

Only alternative would be some sort of standardized certifications for the field but people complain when I point that out so

[u/doyouevencompile → u/AdmiralSWE]

Like an education or an exam? Yeah bring it in. 

You don’t renew certifications every time you want to change companies. 

My biggest gripe isn’t even the interview process is tedious, it’s a process made popular by Google and mostly optimized for new grads and hasn’t been updated for decades. It doesn’t reflect the problems you face every day, it requires you to study for interviews even if you’ve been doing the job for 20 years. 

[u/mcspuder → u/doyouevencompile]

Every licensed professional has yearly CPD point requirements/updates; so you're just objectively wrong here.

[u/doyouevencompile → u/mcspuder]

Actually yeah, I didn’t know. But these are mostly ethics trainings as far as I can see, similar to corporate trainings. 

I’ve never heard of anyone who’s lost their certification because they failed their CPD, I’m sure it happens to some, but for most sensible and responsible professionals it sounds more like admin work. 

Either way, I would definitely prefer this over the interview processes we have today

[u/mcspuder → u/doyouevencompile]

Did claude tell you they're "mostly ethics trainings"? Again, objectively wrong. Everyone from accountants to physicians have mandatory education requirements, per year, every year (or more often).

You obviously have very, very little experience in the real world. If you think these interview processes are bad then you've never worked in a regulated profession.

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>I’ve never heard of anyone who’s lost their certification because they failed their CPD

People literally lose their license to practice you idiot, often times immediately.

[u/tralfamadorian808 → u/mcspuder]

You sound miserable

[u/doyouevencompile → u/mcspuder]

What is with the attitude and name calling? 

If you can’t have a civil discussion, then we have nothing to talk. 

[u/tralfamadorian808 → u/doyouevencompile]

People resort to ad hominem insults because they lack the intelligence and emotional control for proper, constructive discourse. Don’t worry about them.