This is the shirt I wear when I interview hackers (ignore fake prices, not an ad)

http://www.cafepress.com/canreadthis.172171177

by thorax • 18 years ago

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fiaz• 18 years ago

Since I haven't the slightest inkling what the numbers mean...to what does it refer?

I'm guessing I wouldn't get hired...

;)

bsaunder• 18 years ago

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jcromartie• 18 years ago

That's way too much to do in my head...

Does the interviewee get to hack together a script to decode it?

sanj• 18 years ago

It's more than that. It is a waste of time to do in your head.

I like the idea of a minimal test to have them write a "decrypt" in their language of choice to figure it out.

thorax2• 18 years ago

Heh, it's not required for them to solve it. Just they get a lucky shortcut if they happened to do so.

Remmy• 18 years ago

For those wondering, it says, "If you can read this, you're hired."

Tygerdave2• 18 years ago

Well.... "If you can read this, you're hired.(Null)" You might want to pad that out with spaces or make it "you are" so people don't think your name is Null or that the Null is the starting salary. At least it's not EBCDIC.

tb2• 18 years ago

Uh, null is used to terminate strings in C...

run4yourlives• 18 years ago

Let's hope you're never hiring a secretary...

tb2• 18 years ago

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Xichekolas• 18 years ago

Sure he can... we'd all qualify anyway!

Wesmax27• 18 years ago

how much is it really?

jimbob• 18 years ago

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thorax2• 18 years ago

Actually, I have an interview story about one of the words you have in this particular text.

By the way, the shirt wasn't a requirement for the job. It was just an added way to bypass the interviews a bit if they happened to decode it easily.

dejb• 18 years ago

I think it says 'only savants should apply, idiots are welcome'.

LogicHoleFlaw• 18 years ago

Yes, but does it support Unicode?

This is the shirt I wear when I interview hackers (ignore fake prices, not an ad)

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