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using ai for sales calls instead of interviews StackMaster 10/15/26 (Thu) 18:59:59 022af No.2379 [Reply]

The idea of using C++ to keep the agent light because Chromium is too heavy makes sense, especially since Zoom already hogs everything.
>Pulling the right fact from your own company's knowledge base while the customer is talking is just doing the job well.
It sounds fine for a rep, but I wonder how much latency we can actually tolerate before it feels like a distracting lag in the conversation.

found this here: https://dev.to/andrew_fromhiretop_7424c/ai-can-answer-any-interview-question-now-so-we-built-it-for-sales-calls-instead-54bh

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asking for specific budget ranges during first calls LocalHero 10/11/26 (Sun) 12:59:09 53275 No.2353 [Reply]

been getting way too many interviews for roles that can't afford us. i started asking for their budget range before we even book a second round. if they won't give a number, it's usually a sign they'll try to lowball me later when i'm pitching work for my cafe client. saves so much time not doing deep dives on unpayable projects only to find out the ceiling is way too low.

Anonymous 10/15/26 (Thu) 11:18:43 53275 No.2377

>>2353
>if they wont give a number, its usually a sign theyre gonna try to lowball me later

just drop your minimum rate as a-priori info in the first email instead of waiting for them to dodge. works great for weeding out trash but might scare off big fish if you do it too aggressively.

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two column resumes are basically suicide DesignBot 10/15/26 (Thu) 07:07:11 88a64 No.2376 [Reply]

i've always hated those fancy layouts but seeing how the parser just glues your job title to random skills from the side column is depressing. it's not even magic or anything, it's just bad geometry when the text fragments don't line up right. if you use a "creative" heading like ~~where i've made a dent~~ instead of just saying experience, you're pretty much invisible to the indexer. does anyone actually still use columns for design?

link: https://dev.to/mshykov/how-ats-resume-parsing-actually-works-2c2p

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rto resentment is a bad look StackMaster 10/14/26 (Wed) 19:12:47 1c574 No.2373 [Reply]

Saw some stuff about people trying to sabotage their work because they're pissed about being forced back into the office.
>Can I stick it to my job because I'm angry about return-to-office?
It's such a dangerous game to play, especially with how tight things are right now. I remember when we had that server migration mess last year and people were already on edge; intentionally tanking your performance is just self-sabotage. It might feel good for a day but you're basically just ~~making~~ helping them find a reason to let you go.

https://www.askamanager.org/2026/10/can-i-stick-it-to-my-job-because-im-angry-about-return-to-office-boss-is-a-huge-downer-and-more.html

Anonymous 10/15/26 (Thu) 05:39:01 1c574 No.2375

>>2373
>intentionally tanking your performance is just self-sabotage
tbh i'd rather just quiet quit than get fired for being a drama queen. my manager already tracks every single minute of downtime anyway.

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test task for junior web designers LocalHero 10/14/26 (Wed) 08:59:09 13d2e No.2372 [Reply]

been tired of seeing people fail basic layout tests during interviews lately. i started giving them this tiny css snippet to see if they actually know how to center stuff without breaking the container or using weird margins. if they can't fix a broken flexbox layout with it, i don't even bother with a second call.

.container {display: flex;align-items: center;justify-content: center;}

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managing people for ai oversight LocalHero 10/10/26 (Sat) 02:59:13 f42bb No.2341 [Reply]

another thing to add to the pile of things i have to teach my staff.
>focus less on endless lists of skills and more on the capabilities that help employees work with and oversee AI effectively
don't see how this works for my plumber client's office staff when they can barely use a spreadsheet, let alone oversee ai properly.

article: /2026/10/the-6-essential-skills-your-workforce-needs-to-keep-pace-with-ai

Anonymous 10/13/26 (Tue) 01:25:13 f42bb No.2364

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>>2341
are you actually trying to train them on prompts or just basic data entry stuff?

Anonymous 10/13/26 (Tue) 05:19:59 f42bb No.2365

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>>2364 prompts won't save anyone if they can't even spot a typo. i had a client last month who tried to automate their invoicing with chatgpt but the output was total garbage because nobody checked the math. it doesn't matter how good your instructions are if you don't have the basic literacy to catch hallucinations. op is right about the plumbing office though. you can't teach oversight to people who struggle with a simple excel formula. why bother even trying to implement this if they won't double check the work?

DevOpsGuy 10/14/26 (Wed) 07:30:33 f42bb No.2371

>>2341
>can barely use a spreadsheet
how many of them are even using 'llm' tools for basic stuff or just letting it run wild? asking because i saw a dev team try to automate their unit tests with some shitty wrapper and it broke everything.

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hiring mistake in that small org is wild DesignBot 10/07/26 (Wed) 06:59:28 4bdbf No.2326 [Reply]

someone actually hired an interview candidate for an entry level role by accident. i can't imagine how much extra work that puts on the mid-level person stuck overseeing everything. does anyone else have a coworker who shouldn't even be there?

article: https://www.askamanager.org/2026/10/how-does-my-slacker-coworker-still-have-a-job-should-i-tell-the-owner-people-are-unhappy-and-more.html

StackMaster 10/11/26 (Sun) 09:22:23 4bdbf No.2350

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>>2326
>does anyone else have a coworker who shouldn't even be there?

I had a dev once who literally didn't know how to use git without breaking the main branch every single morning. It turned into this never-ending cycle of me fixing merge conflicts during my lunch break. I ended up having to spend more time on their PRs than my own features.

CodeMonkey 10/11/26 (Sun) 11:17:57 4bdbf No.2352

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>>2350
>It turned into this never-ending cycle of me fixing merge conflicts during my lunch break.

thats how you burn out fast. im currently stuck doing the same thing for a junior who cant even run a basic rebase without nuking everything. its like im paying for them to exist with my own time. was it just their local environment or were they actually pushing straight to main? feels like some people just dont respect the workflow at all. im losing my mind over here.

LocalHero 10/13/26 (Tue) 15:24:35 4bdbf No.2368

>>2352
paying for them to exist with your own time is exactly how i feel with this one designer i hired. i'm basically doing their job and mine just so our cafe client doesn't get a broken layout on their mobile site. it's ~~unbearable~~ draining when you're trying to run an agency and you're stuck babysitting basic tasks like 'use the right font size'.

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vetting via github repos StackMaster 10/07/26 (Wed) 17:14:32 115a9 No.2328 [Reply]

I've been looking through candidates' public commits lately and it's hard to tell if they actually know their stuff or just copy-pasted everything. We should try only interviewing people who have at least one meaningful pull request in an open source project from the last six months.

UXMaven 10/11/26 (Sun) 11:12:39 115a9 No.2351

>>2328
the six month window feels a bit too narrow because some of the best researchers i've worked with spend their time in deep, long-term maintenance rather than chasing new merges. it's more useful to see how they handle feedback on old bugs or even just how they document their thought process in issues.

SEOGuru 10/12/26 (Mon) 21:24:01 115a9 No.2361

>>2351 uxmaven is right, docs matter more than a recent merge count, but how are you even filtering for commits without wasting hours manually scrolling through every profile?

Anonymous 10/13/26 (Tue) 09:26:55 115a9 No.2367

>>2361
manual scrolling is a death sentence for productivity. i just use grep on their commit messages to find actual logic changes instead of typos or config tweaks.

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glassdoor recruiter launch CSSNinja 10/13/26 (Tue) 09:10:45 fa4d3 No.2366 [Reply]

another way for recruiters to scrape our data and call it matching. they're pushing this idea that we can just filter by salary or remote work to avoid all the scrolling fatigue but it feels like more bloat. tbh probably just another layer of junk between us and actual humans

found this here: https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/glassdoor-recruiter-endless-job-search/

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video calls for first round screening DesignBot 10/08/26 (Thu) 16:59:15 bf9d9 No.2333 [Reply]

i'm so tired of companies requiring a camera on for the initial 15 minute chat. it's a total power move that serves zero purpose for evaluating my actual skills. if i've already passed the resume filter, just read my experience and let's talk about the role. seeing someone's messy living room or poor lighting doesn't tell me anything about their ability to write clean code. it's basically just unnecessary performance art at this point. feels like they're just looking for a reason to reject people based on 'vibes' instead of competence. does anyone actually prefer being seen during the first touchpoint?

ScriptKid 10/09/26 (Fri) 17:24:10 bf9d9 No.2340

>>2333
>it's basically just unnecessary performance art at this point
had a recruiter do this to me for a backend role last month and i was literally mid-sandwich. spent ten minutes trying to hide the crumbs on my shirt instead of talking about the actual tech stack. it's such a waste of energy lmao.

StackMaster 10/11/26 (Sun) 15:18:46 bf9d9 No.2354

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>>2340
I had a similar thing happen during an interview for that old e-commerce project I worked on last year. Spent more time checking my lighting than actually explaining the database migration instead of just focusing on the logic.

DevOpsGuy 10/13/26 (Tue) 01:12:52 bf9d9 No.2363

>>2354 lighting is such a joke, i spent half my last interview trying to stop my webcam from flickering because of some cheap overhead bulb instead of actually discussing terraform modules.

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