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Had a couple funny experiences these last few weeks that reminded me why I& #39;m such an IQ-skeptic
The first was an interview w/ a Big Company
Big Company has engineers go through a technical screen which is a series of "solve this simple coding puzzle" tasks /1
The first was an interview w/ a Big Company
Big Company has engineers go through a technical screen which is a series of "solve this simple coding puzzle" tasks /1
I basically did this interview for fun, I have no interest in changing my job
And a big part of the reason for this is that my job is building things and solving problems. Switching my brain into code-puzzle mode was HARD. It took me days. I didn& #39;t enjoy it. /2
And a big part of the reason for this is that my job is building things and solving problems. Switching my brain into code-puzzle mode was HARD. It took me days. I didn& #39;t enjoy it. /2
It dawned on me *just today* that the code puzzle technical screen is a thinly veiled IQ test. Lots of the same pattern matching and mental function you test for IQ is the same kind of thing they are looking for in the technical screen
I& #39;m not great at that /3
I& #39;m not great at that /3
The second thing was I did a great, fun virtual bachelor party with an old friend
All of his other friends are nerdy, high-functioning, very smart
We played JackBox and I did ok on stuff that was general knowledge but I really sucked on stuff that was closer to IQ-function /4
All of his other friends are nerdy, high-functioning, very smart
We played JackBox and I did ok on stuff that was general knowledge but I really sucked on stuff that was closer to IQ-function /4
It& #39;s been a long time since I took an IQ test and I surprised the person who gave it to me that I did as poorly as I did
This did not surprise me though, I& #39;ve always found myself in the company of people who struck me as innately smarter than I /5
This did not surprise me though, I& #39;ve always found myself in the company of people who struck me as innately smarter than I /5
I& #39;ve wondered a long time how I even end up in these groups and why they can& #39;t see that I& #39;ve clearly a low-rung intellectual and I think I finally have some answers:
1) I& #39;m curious
2) I out-work my innate intelligence
1) I& #39;m curious
2) I out-work my innate intelligence
