garphunkle

12 months agodiscuss

I thrive in high-stress situations (for short periods of time). Examples include hardware validation before a large production run, putting out literal fires in manufacturing sites, and working in foreign countries to troubleshoot/rework bad hardware. I do fine in live coding interviews, they don't feel much different than being alone at an editor for me.

I was interested by the author's statement: "Working memory is the most reliable proxy (I know of) for fluid intelligence, your ability to reason, solve novel problems, and think abstractly." and the linked study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21037165/). My working memory is not so great, but it degrades less under stress.

Question worth considering for hiring managers: do you prefer stress-capable employees, or greater working-memory employees? Is my model a false dichotomy?

garphunkle

7 years agodiscuss

  Location: Philadelphia, PA or Austin, TX
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes, to Austin or Philly
  Technologies: C++, Embedded, Python, Jenkins, ARM, Bluetooth, OpenThread
  Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/y3vl7o9a
  Email: [email protected]

Two years of new product development and working with the high quality internet of things platforms. I'm relocating to a city my significant other has job offers in.

Feel free to drop me an email for a phone or technical screen.

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