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		vonmoltke on March 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Triplebyte Raises $10M from Initialized Capital, M... > 70 or 80 percent of candidates who say on their CV that they can code, and have convinced a recruiter that they can code, can't write a class and a couple of functions. I work for a large non-Big-5 and our failure rate at that level is far lower. Is this only or predominantly for juniors?

nikanj on March 1, 2018 [–]

It's predominantly for household names. People know that scoring a job at one of these companies would be a golden ticket.

It's almost like playing the lottery. You know you probably won't win, but it's nice to have a dream.

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