Split and join paragraphs, to flow better

* Remove competitive hiring market aside

Author: john-kurkowski

src/content/posts/2025-04-03-still-measuring-devs-with-leetcode.mdx

@@ -108,16 +108,16 @@ interviews][Hard Fork: AI Action Plans], summarized what I was _supposed_ to do.
 > before, solve the problem, and be able to regurgitate the memorized solution,
 > without acting like you have seen the problem before.
 
-In 2025's competitive tech hiring market, where laid-off tech workers outnumber
-available positions, some candidates spend months grinding leetcode.com to reach
-the top 1%, so they may be lucky enough to have already seen the 1 interview
-puzzle close to the 1,000 they could be given. Other candidates use cheating
-software like Lee's. Meanwhile, experienced developers who could do the actual
-job well but haven't memorized these puzzles struggle to complete them under
-pressure. The unqualified candidate aces the test. The qualified candidate fails
-to finish in time, though they can explain what they _would_ do next, given more
-time. For your overloaded hiring pipeline, which candidate would you advance?
-The test ace or the struggling explainer?
+Some candidates spend months grinding leetcode.com to reach the top 1%, so they
+may be lucky enough to have already seen the 1 interview puzzle close to the
+1,000 they could be given. Other candidates use cheating software like Lee's.
+Meanwhile, experienced developers who could do the actual job well but haven't
+memorized the puzzles struggle to complete them under pressure.
+
+The unqualified candidate aces the test. The qualified candidate fails to finish
+in time, though they can explain what they _would_ do next, given more time. For
+your overloaded hiring pipeline, which candidate would you advance? The test ace
+or the struggling explainer?
 
 Lee answered whether he had ethical concerns about his product.
 
@@ -129,11 +129,9 @@ Lee answered whether he had ethical concerns about his product.
 Ethics aside, AI-assisted coding tools are great at solving LeetCode problems.
 They have memorized 1,000s of such puzzles. If something is easily solvable by
 computers, maybe that's another hint it's not a great test of a software
-developer?
-
-While I haven't subscribed to Lee's product, I know I like using AI-assisted
-coding in my normal job. It would be realistic to have normal tools available in
-an assessment.
+developer? While I haven't subscribed to Lee's product, I know I like using
+AI-assisted coding in my normal job. It would be realistic to have normal tools
+available in an assessment.
 
 While the debate of allowed tools in an assessment rages on, to skip the debate
 next time I'm on the job hunt, I hope to cross-reference my applications with