Super cool to see other people using this pattern! People here are bringing up great points about the implications of this pattern. Our motivation to use this pattern was when replacing grunticon generating multiple colors of our SVGs during a build step. The grunticon step added a 1min+ to the feedback loop on seeing CSS changes(could have fixed this directly, lots of missed details in this story).

This simple script allowed us to quickly move past the problem during a rewrite to React, and solve more correctly when that system was a priority. https://gitlab.com/gjjones/svg-to-react

The context of pressure is also not the same as the pressure from meeting deadlines at work, it is now about proving yourself in some set time.

I took one of these recently, and botched one of the tests. Within 10 minutes after the timer was up, I had restarted my solution with a successful answer and was iterating on it.

The idea that the pressure is the same doesn't seem to apply to all applicants. Doing work under pressure within set times has been a strength of mine(ex. playing chess against higher rated players or when timer is low). I've noticed, however, that my skills fall apart during interviews. Once again, totally different contexts where you're being tested.

> The context of pressure is also not the same as the pressure from meeting deadlines at work, it is now about proving yourself in some set time.

I am so tired of hearing the refrain that "we want to see how you work under pressure". Anybody who thinks that all pressure or stress is the same and that you can translate performance in one stressful situation into any and every other one has no business being near a hiring decision.

This article strikes home on each point. I often consider the idea of teaching or starting a business, just to talk myself out of it cause of the risk against my student loans. I wish it was better conveyed when I was younger that my decision to go to a private school for a bachelor's would severely limit my options in life.

Then again I'm still glad I went, even if 6 figure student loans was part of the result.