Board Games and LeetCode

It is World Cup season, and someone from New York has been inviting me to play board games on Board Game Arena frequently. You need something to do during the hydration and halftime breaks, and it turns out a round of something beats staring at replays.

At some point, mid-game, "someone" said that board games are basically LeetCode problems. I think we were playing Pacts, or maybe Heat: Pedal to the Metal. As a person who is lazy and can always find a reason not to grind LeetCode, this landed harder than it should have.

What if hiring just worked like that? Sit the candidate down, play a board game, and ask them to walk through each decision: why this move, what were the alternatives, what happens two turns later if it goes wrong. Then have them go back and analyze the outcomes they did not pick. You would learn how they actually think, how they make decisions under pressure, and how well they communicate it, and honestly just parsing the rulebook already tests whether they can focus.

It is a nice little utopia, hiring that simple and work that feels like a game. Or is it a game already?

Anyway, I had a great time, so thanks to "someone" for the invites. I suppose it is time to go back and grind actual LeetCode. One more thing though: I am now convinced anyone with a paid subscription rolls better dice in Can't Stop. The economic society strikes again.