On: Lessons learned from the recent job hunt

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System design is the blind leading the blind. An interviewer whose never written and wouldn't recognize a "scalable architecture" before asks a candidate to design one in front of them. The candidate pretends to write a scalable architecture, and the interviewer pretends to know when it's correct.

System interview skills are best taught with a class on how to use "Microsoft Visio".