@felixrieseberg Previously, clever solutions and beautiful code did generate social capital amongst your fellow engineers, which probably propped up the coding interview as a practice past it's natural lifepan. But it's a dead end. Focusing on business value is a better career bet.
@DKThomp The really compelling throughline of the movie is that Fielder knows she's guilty, says up front he believes she is, and goes to absurd lengths to get her to admit to it, and ultimately realizes that she never, ever will.