I still remember a couple days ago I got an test on programming that I have to hand in by the end of this week to pass (or fail, I would actually cherished on the things that I learn in this experience for this particular job application).
There has been a lot of things stated on the Test.pdf file and I read this a couple of times so I can understand the whole requirements. I looked at the criteria's which is second mission to a home run and started running to first base.
I actually trying to get the whole picture to work and I didn't realise I was making mistakes while I was on this road.
It was like a road between psychological and technical meltdown while I was continuously trying to do an installation that doesn't work on a Windows machine of a wrong library for 8 hours. I had come to a point of machine breakdown (not having enough memory) and mental breakdown (working on a mis-understanding without realising OTHER choices that can be made).
So the story is like the pictures down below.
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(** WT is a C++ Web toolkit built for Linux machines or MSVS which just makes life hard)
So basically I was stuck on doing the wrong thing.
If I did know writing emailing solves the problem, might as well write to the right person who does solves all the Test mysteries, I certainly do so.
It was my first intuition as I thought I wasn't doing the right thing so the email ended like "I might not be the right person for the position (for the reasons of above)" and knowing life might be too short-ended on the pursue back to IT career, the response from Brad (the person who made the test) actually re-enlightened me with a few cues.
"If it wasn't answers that shows the road to the next base, I might have stopped without understanding the insights."
It was good experience for me to understand on how wrong I can be on what we think and feel vs what can be the reality.
And this is not for the 'Faint of Heart'.
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