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		srtjstjsj on Oct 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacktoberfest Is Now Opt-In 90% of people who apply for a programming job have no chance of getting it. These are the people who are spamming repos, not the 10% with any budding talent.

908B64B197 on Oct 3, 2020 [–]

The harsh truth is that 99% of these spammers couldn't complete a simple take-home assignment. [0]

[0] https://restofworld.org/2020/india-engineering-degree/

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