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Billionaire needs "hardcore" engineers for his "everything app" but doesn't care about credentials—just wants to see your code. Translation: "Please do a free coding challenge so we can harvest your ideas while dangling the possibility of employment." Ten-year veterans know the drill. Send in your "Hello World" program and call it a day. The real "everything app" is the burnout we collected along the way.

Content HOW TO WRITE GOOD CODE: START PROJECT. DO THINGS RIGHT OR DO THEM FAST?, RIGHT FAST CODE FAST CODE WELL DOES IT WORK YET? NO ALMOST, BUT ITS BECOME A MASS OF KLUDGES AND SPAGHETTI CODE. ARE YOU DONE NO YET? NO, AND THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED. THROW IT ALL OUT AND START OVER. GOOD CODE

Content Me: Declares variable but doesn't use it. My IDE: How dare you!

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Content I asked my team lead for a code approval, but I know my team lead doesn't work that way. So I force-pushed my code and asked for forgiveness -junior dev