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jschell wrote: No I don't agree with that
Fair enough.
jschell wrote: A senior developer should NEVER write a atoi() function. Because they already exist.
To be clear I said later in my comment that if I were asked that I'd consider it a red flag at least, given seniority consideration.
I said it was an appropriate question for an SDET.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I said it was an appropriate question for an SDET.
Sorry - I did miss that.
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No worries.
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jschell wrote: What I want to know is can they be trusted to design a non-trivial system without me micro-managing them?
That is a very good target for interviews. Could probably write a great article on the steps to discovering that in the individual.
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I once had an interview, first came a test where I had to complete sequences and such.
After that came the interview.
Guy started with "Hi, welcome, I'm going to ask you a few technical questions. [technical question]."
I answered "Hi, let's just assume I'm not lying in my resume and that I know how to develop applications. Let's see if I'm a cultural fit instead. Oh, and the answer to your question is [answer]."
The guy was a bit taken aback and then he laughed and said that was the best answer he ever got.
We continued in another fashion and he simply asked me about my opinion on .NET Core (which was pretty new at the time), Entity Framework, web development, etc.
After that we both knew enough.
They really wanted me, but my employer came up with a new assignment and I ended up staying with my employer instead.
In another interview someone asked me "How would you solve this problem using Entity Framework?"
And I really knew that question because I'd solved the same problem.
Unfortunately, they were looking for another answer, to which I could say "but, if you'd just do this and that you'd have it fixed without your workaround."
They didn't agree with me so I told them I couldn't see inside their come to that answer and after the interview I said I didn't want to work there.
I'm not sure if they wanted me, never asked.
Shortly after, I quit my job and started my own business which I've been doing ever since.
I've had a couple of interviews and not once did I ask a technical question, as they're completely worthless.
Although I did ask my current employee if he could fix a bug for me in actual production code.
He came far enough so I hired him almost on the spot
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Sander Rossel wrote: Unfortunately, they were looking for another answer
Exactly the problem (as I mentioned in another post.)
Idealistically they should be looking at what you said.
But the reality is that most of them want a specific answer and only that one single answer. Anything else is wrong.
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Failure to understand some basics really bites later… usually in production.
e.g
A validation of a list to detect duplicates.
Duplicates must match on eight unique fields.
Retrieval of some of the fields make a trip to the database.
First implementation consists of three nested loops; full loops with no shortening. Works great in test with 40 items.
Hits production with 500 items and takes minutes to complete. This is an interactive function with a user waiting for a response.
Final solution:
Make one pass through the list to build/combine the comparison fields once.
Then 2 nested loops, but the inner loop is adjusted based on the outer loop.
(if you already compared index 5 to index 23, you do NOT need to compare index 23 to index 5, and you really do NOT need to make the comparison six times like the original algorithm.
This is basic programming!
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modified 10-Jun-24 5:17am.
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Just noting that there are books, many of them, that deal with loneliness.
It is unlikely to be be simple as such expecting a small/quick solution is unlikely to work.
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adriancs wrote: The following info might not work for everyone or in every situation What you call loneliness, I call solitude and I prefer it that way.
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: solitude
Amen, brother.
Nowadays if you have the ability to stay on your own without any sort of distraction, focus on something and actually enjoy that time you're left with nothing but your own thoughts, you're told you're on the spectrum and probably need to be medicated. To which I say, no, that used to be the normal mode of operation for human beings. Society has evolved until that was no longer the case for various reasons, and the biggest offender of them all is the smartphone, which seriously did us a disservice and dumbed us all down.
You have to be able to function without constant external stimuli.
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Yupe, that's a nice point of view 😉
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Get a cat. You'll never feel lonely.
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No get a dog and you'll never feel lonely.
Get a Cat and feel rejected, neglected and you're only reason for being there is to serve the feline.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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Mike Hankey wrote: you're only reason for being there is to serve the feline
In short, not feeling lonely, isn't it?
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Hmmm, I frequently report blog drivers, but you're not new here so I'll let it slide.
I would recommend though that you put this in your CP blog rather than in the lounge -- so it will stick around rather than fall off the page.
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I actually did had consulted the CP content management team about before this. The response is while they think this is a helpful post for anyone, the content posted on CP should try to stick to development-specific problems and solutions.
That's why I didn't post this (as an article or blog). I know eventually this will fall off the page. but it's ok
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Only happens when I forget to turn on my hearing aids.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Doctors[^]
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Exactly. My signature is so illegible I have been asked on multiple occasions if I'm a doctor.
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good one
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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I’ll have to send that one to my sister. She’s an OB/GYN so I’m sure she’ll get a kick out of it.
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Dog with copper award inside could be cool ? (8)
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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This may be my brain totally misfiring since I can't justify it at all, but... CUCUMBER?
[edit]
And as soon as I'd posted, I got it:
Dog with CU R
copper CU
award MBE
inside could be cool
CUCUMBER
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Nothing wrong with your noggin welcome back YAUT
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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