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14-Dec-23 8:01

Dice Insights[^]:
As you assemble your list of questions to ask during the interview (and answers to give), keep in mind that asking certain questions can potentially harm your chances of actually landing the position.

What kind of idiot would work here?

Nelek14-Dec-23 8:32

14-Dec-23 8:32

Although I do agree in trying to keep the interview in the positive side. The topic of the money has to be adressed too, maybe not with the exact question of the article, but has to be addressed latest at the second round.

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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PIEBALDconsult14-Dec-23 9:04

PIEBALDconsult

14-Dec-23 9:04

Tell me more about these software cheerleaders.

Joe Woodbury14-Dec-23 10:07

Joe Woodbury

14-Dec-23 10:07

"Do you like song lyrics?"

Nemanja Trifunovic14-Dec-23 12:18

Nemanja Trifunovic

14-Dec-23 12:18

Once I asked an interviewer why their Glassdoor reviews were so bad. Didn't like the question at all Big Grin | :-D

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obermd15-Dec-23 3:43

obermd

15-Dec-23 3:43

Kent Sharkey wrote:
What kind of idiot would work here?

I've been in job interviews where that was exactly the question I wanted to ask while on the way out the door.

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For my current job I actually asked about work from home policy. My future boss nearly had a heart attack. I explained that I knew from experience that there would be two or three days each winter where I literally wouldn't be able to get out of my driveway due to deep snow accumulation. She relaxed and I got the job.

Now we have a work from home policy that gives most of the staff the ability to work from home up to three days a week and managers up to two days a week.

honey the codewitch15-Dec-23 3:53

honey the codewitch

15-Dec-23 3:53

I agree with what not to ask, but I didn't like the list of question they suggested to ask.

If someone asked me those, my first impression would be "someone told them to ask me those questions"

They weren't organic enough.

Of course, ideally you want to work your questions into the interview so that they follow the flow of the convo. If you can work in a question like one of the ones they suggested and it's pertinent to the topic, that's one thing.

Otherwise, you need to think on your feet, and grab the questions out of the ether as they come to you, IMO.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

LinkedIn shelved planned move to Microsoft Azure, opting to keep physical data centers

charlieg16-Dec-23 16:40

charlieg

16-Dec-23 16:40

Years ago before Slack there was Joel on Software who came up with a great list of basic questions - an excellent sniff test.

The problem going into interviews is you have to ask who your audience is. HR? no use whatsoever. PM? Maybe a little better but not much. You need to talk to the senior grunts. Otherwise, no matter how good or bad your questions are, you are just wasting time.

I'd go far as to say that you should ask who will you be talking to and what do they do?

Charlie Gilley

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

Has never been more appropriate.

Kent Sharkey14-Dec-23 7:31

Re: LinkedIn shelved planned move to Microsoft Azure, opting to keep physical data centers

14-Dec-23 7:31

CNBC[^]:
LinkedIn has set aside an effort to relocate its data center technology out of its physical facilities and into Microsoft’s
Azure cloud, according to people familiar with the matter.

But please do as we say, not as we do

Nelek14-Dec-23 8:28

Re: LinkedIn shelved planned move to Microsoft Azure, opting to keep physical data centers

14-Dec-23 8:28

Kent Sharkey wrote:
But please do as we say, not as we do

Like Google's "do no evil"?

M.D.V.

charlieg15-Dec-23 23:32

charlieg

15-Dec-23 23:32

Awww, I was hoping the project would fail and take linkedin with it. Linkedin is one of the worse bastard companies selling your data on the planet. I signed up for an account due to a couple of friends I wanted to make contact with. Instantly my mailbox filled up with offers to infinity and beyond.

Charlie Gilley

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

Has never been more appropriate.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is speaking gibberish

Kent Sharkey14-Dec-23 7:01

Re: NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is speaking gibberish

14-Dec-23 7:01

Gizmodo[^]:
The famous spacecraft started transmitting a repeated pattern of ones and zeroes, and engineers are scrambling to find a solution.

53nd 73k 5uPp0r7!

Nelek14-Dec-23 8:25

To use the new Windows AI Studio tool, you must first install Linux. No, it's not a joke

14-Dec-23 8:25

I knew it[^] Laugh | :laugh:

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey14-Dec-23 6:46

Re: To use the new Windows AI Studio tool, you must first install Linux. No, it's not a joke

14-Dec-23 6:46

Windows Central[^]:
Never underestimate the importance of Linux, even for Windows development.

Because it's...well, you know

Nelek14-Dec-23 8:24

Re: To use the new Windows AI Studio tool, you must first install Linux. No, it's not a joke

14-Dec-23 8:24

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Because it's...well, you know

The year of...
what the Elephant | [mastadon]

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey14-Dec-23 8:29

Intel intros first Meteor Lake chips with faster GPUs and worse single-core speed

14-Dec-23 8:29

Exactly!

TTFN - Kent

Kent Sharkey14-Dec-23 6:46

Re: Intel intros first Meteor Lake chips with faster GPUs and worse single-core speed

14-Dec-23 6:46

Ars Technica[^]:
They're Intel's first CPUs with a neural processing unit for on-device AI tasks.

Meet the new CPUs, same as the old CPUs

Nelek14-Dec-23 8:23

Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features

14-Dec-23 8:23

Article wrote:
with a neural processing unit for on-device AI tasks.

It was already due, that hardware jumped in AI Buzzword Bingo

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey13-Dec-23 9:01

Re: Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features

13-Dec-23 9:01

Ars Technica[^]:
Feature turned on by default bothers users who like to keep their files private

Your box is their box

Or "tu caja es su caja", according to The Google

Nelek13-Dec-23 20:38

Google makes GitHub Copilot rival, Duet AI and Gemini Pro generally available

13-Dec-23 20:38

Surprise! Surprise!

I should have read all the news before I answered the message below... I usually go chronologically bottom up

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey13-Dec-23 9:01

Re: Google makes GitHub Copilot rival, Duet AI and Gemini Pro generally available

13-Dec-23 9:01

Neowin[^]:
Google has announced the general availability of Duet AI for Developers and Gemini Pro, its AI-powered code completion and generation tool.

In case Google is your CoPilot

I wonder if you can get an AI code generator to write you an AI code generator?

Nelek13-Dec-23 20:37

AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you've overclocked the chip, but it doesn't automatically void your CPU's warranty

13-Dec-23 20:37

And I wonder when will people realize, that everything you interact with those AI get "recorded" in the cloud and hence you have to be careful with business secrets and copyrighted things.

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey13-Dec-23 8:46

Re: AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you've overclocked the chip, but it doesn't automatically void your CPU's warranty

13-Dec-23 8:46

Tom's Hardware[^]:
Yes, AMD will know if you've overclocked your Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPU.

"She canna take any more, Cap'n! She's gonna blow!"

People are still overclocking?

Nelek13-Dec-23 20:35