Monthly Archives: September 2007

Killing Trees for the Environment

By mariya | Published: September 27, 2007

Al Gore’s huge energy bills, the massive carbon footprint of the Live Earth concert, and now this from a client’s company mailing list:
To whomever is printing out the 100+ page report on Carbon and the Environment,
Please cancel your print job or watch over the printer while your report prints.  I’m waiting for documents to [...]

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Why are IT Interviews So Stupid?

By mariya | Published: September 11, 2007

When interviewing a programmer, check that he is: a) good at coding, and b) bearable. Chat about his experience, let him scribble an algorithm to reverse a string, and wish him luck. Right?
Hell no. Tihomir Nakov just released a list of dumbass questions Google asks during its job interviews.
They include:

How many golf balls can fit [...]

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