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Preamble
I'm looking around for a new job, better if not in my home town.
Last Thursday i had an interview for a job and one of the technical questions was how i would have solved a problem that they described to me; I was just able to propose a partial solution, they added more details during my answer that made the problem tougher than it appeared.
At the end of the interview i asked which was the solution for that specific problem and they answered that they didn't know, since it still was an open issue for their development plans; moreover they promised they would have given me an answer in any case.
Since then the problem remained in my head, and it is a couple of days that I think to have found a solution.
What should I do:
-call them to propose the solution
-wait for them to call me back and then tell them i could help
-something else
Thanks for your help
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5imone wrote: -call them to propose the solution
If you intend to go for that company.
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I personally would not bother unless I get the job in said company.
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Do tell them that you believe you have a solution.
If they haven't already solved it the developers might want to meet you and you can get a feel of the culture in the company, besides the fact that you show some initiative and that is what most companies want.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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5imone wrote:
> call them to propose the solution <
> wait for them to call me back and then tell them i could help <
> something else <
Press Enter to select.
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Write up an outline of the solution, enough that they can work with it and email it to the client, not the agency!
Even if you do not get the job you are showing imitative and they may actually be waiting for you to get back to them. It also shows that you cannot let a problem go unsolved, always a good trait in a developer. It costs you nothing and there may be a serious upside to helping the company.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Don't think I'd give them the solution, just let them know that I have one. They can get the solution if they decide to hire me 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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If you are interested in the job call them. That can help you get it...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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just call them 
In code we trust !
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Call them and let them know the solution. It will surely help you in your future.
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Remember your idea is your intellectual property and there is no onus on them to behave honourably. Ring them - if you believe in fairies.
Personally I would leave things on the strength of your interview. If you get a call back by all means let them know you have made some further progress on a solution.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Of course, this response reflects my own biases, and it's not offered as "advice:"
I would not call, or contact, the company; the fact they tried to use a job interview to get a free consult does not impress me.
« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
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I was thinking the same
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Call them and let them know the solution - a nicely written document/email would help.
If they don't hire you it's perhaps not worth working for them anyway(I don't mean this in a spiteful manner)as it probably won't be a culture where you and your skills are appreciated - also you would have done a good deed.
If they do hire you - congratulations
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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...often feels like this[^].
Just came across this page on the Getty Museum[^], and it has A HUGE number of images of great masterworks which are now free. Don't know if it is a repost and don't care - haven't seen it, and if you need artistic inspiration for your work I hope it helps. One you might want to search for: A Young Girl Defending Herself against Eros. Not so safe for work, but a beautiful piece in high artistic taste. The Calydonian Boar Hunt[^], and a Vincent van Gogh[^] also caught my eye, but I'll stop there and let you find your own treasures.
Thanks to DeviantArt for pointing this out. And HUGE thanks to the Getty, for taking such a step!
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David O'Neil wrote: And HUGE thanks to the Getty, for taking such a step!
I don't get it. I browse through the art in the V&A quite often, and I'm pretty sure that all museum web-sites have search engines.
The only difference I can see is that the Getty site includes a statement on every page about what great guys they are for letting you see/download electronic images.
Are they having an apple moment?
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There is more than that! You can USE those pictures in your own creations without fee!
Imagine that your next web site will rotate banner images of Vincent van Gogh...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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If a photograph is of a work of art and contains only the work of art, and is therefore indistinguishable from other photographs of the same work of art, then it is not subject to copyright law.
And I wouldn't hang a Van Gogh in my toilet, let alone deface my web-site with it.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: If a photograph is of a work of art and contains only the work of art, and is therefore indistinguishable from other photographs of the same work of art, then it is not subject to copyright law.
Edit: Hmmm. Didn't know that. Except it can still be quite costly to test it, because they can, and will, argue that it isn't a 'slavish copy,' and took skill to do.
Mark_Wallace wrote: And I wouldn't hang a Van Gogh in my toilet, let alone deface my web-site with it.
Perhaps one of their other 87,692 contributions doesn't inspire such negativity.
modified 12-Nov-14 6:47am.
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David O'Neil wrote: they can, and will, argue that it isn't a 'slavish copy,' and took skill to do.
But they'd have to do so knowing that they would lose, and I'd like to think that they'd be smart enough to choose their battles.
Anyway, you can't get more "slavish" than a direct photograph, and none of those I saw on the site were artistically modified in any noticeable way.
David O'Neil wrote: Perhaps one of their other 87,692 contributions doesn't inspire such negativity.
No argument there, but Van Gogh is a really bad example to use when talking about artists who were actually great, rather than just overinflated by businessmen.
My point, though, was that they're not doing anything that other museums haven't been doing for years, so it's just an apple-style publicity stunt.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: My point, though, was that they're not doing anything that other museums haven't been doing for years, ...
Your point doesn't seem very valid, because as far as I know, they are the first to publicly eliminate the threat of prosecution. Take the Smithsonian[^], for instance. Nothing on that page indicates you have the right to use the photos on their site in commercial works. It even strongly implies the opposite. So I say even if it is a publicity stunt, a huge thanks is in order for being the first to break the mold.
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David O'Neil wrote: Take the Smithsonian[^], for instance. Nothing on that page indicates you have the right to use the photos on their site in commercial works. It even strongly implies the opposite. So I say even if it is a publicity stunt, a huge thanks is in order for being the first to break the mold.
Ah c'mon!
Is that all you need to do to get a load of kudos?
OK, I hereby announce that people are allowed to cross the road when the little green man light goes on!
There you go! That's another legal thing, and I have just declared that you're allowed to do it! Where are my kudosses?!? I want them!
Next up, I think I'll design the rounded corner, and maybe come up with the idea of having two cameras on a mobile phone!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Trolling now, wasn't before, but it is true: Yes, that was worthy of a kudos. It makes them feel a little better for their action, and sets the bar higher for those who follow. If you want to live in a world where good change is never publicly appreciated, it will be a little smaller world without me, because I don't relish such a dry, unappreciative reality.
Best wishes,
David
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That looks more like honest opinion than trolling; don't expect me to see it as a problem if you honestly disagree with me.
I never appreciate deceitful behaviour, though -- but that's what marketing's all about, ain't it? Even for museums, who should know better.
If anything, it saddens me when people fall for it.
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Stepped away, but finally can answer a bit.
Your "Aw, c'mon" sounded trolly to me, which is the reason I started my reply that way. But it appears to be a misunderstanding, based upon your response. (I'm glad to see you took mine for what it was, rather than what I labeled it as for defensive, close-down quick purposes if it really was trolly).
I don't believe I have 'fallen for the marketing', and I suspect you think my Kudos were given because I did fall for their technique. And the following may reinforce your belief, but I'll say it anyway.
I am also (extremely) tired of marketing gimmicks. The fact is they have existed in one form or another for an extremely long time - probably back to the dawn of mercantiling. Even though the museum may use their new approach as a gimmick, I see a different aspect that brings me hope things are changing.
They are the first ones I've seen to look away from the "Me-first" approach and towards an "Us-All' approach. Even though they may have done this because of the case you got me to look up, which I wasn't aware of, they are still the first. And that shift from a "Me-first" to an "Us-All" approach is a fundamental paradigm shift which I believe will help radically improve our world in the coming centuries. For that, Kudos to them, and I sincerely hope it works. I will take any improvement I can find, even if it will take centuries, and I may be labeled 'naive.' I also hope other museums do the same thing, and it works for them as well.
(As an aside, I will be much more likely to visit museums with interesting stuff in them, once I have money for that pursuit, if I somehow found out about their cool stuff more easily on banners and such, and it was attributed (which would result from an 'Us-first' approach by the artist as well), so even if it is a gimmick the way you believe it is, it is still a sound approach.)
If you want me to say why I think that mindset will make a difference, I will. But this is long enough, and hopefully you can feel what I am getting at without such an explanation.
Best wishes,
David
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