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mapleoin on July 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Hacker News Comments

Passing a programming test is no guarantee for having anything interesting to contribute to an online community, just look at your company's internal IT mailing lists.

seagreen on July 24, 2012 [–]

Totally! That's why I'm not suggesting anyone do it now. There's a place for kludgy solutions, but not until you've tried everything else.

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