groctel@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 个月前reason enough to fail the interviewlemmy.worldimagemessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1905arrow-down114
arrow-up1891arrow-down1imagereason enough to fail the interviewlemmy.worldgroctel@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 个月前message-square155linkfedilink
minus-square1rre@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 个月前Sure but as I said, that’s a knowledge question and not an engineering problem to solve. They’re very different and unless you work in software consulting, you’re not gonna get a problem that looks remotely like that from a client.
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前You actually get them all the time, because the programmer is more deeply knowledgeable about the features they wrote and can identify gaps better. Boss: “Can we move the widget to the left side of the page?” Programmer: “Sure but that means when the sidebar opens it will obscure the widget, making it hard to see both at the same time. Do we want that?” Boss: “Hmm I didn’t consider that. Let me ask the UX team what they think.”
minus-square1rre@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 个月前“Can we move the widget to the left side of the page” is not in the same category as “what is a hash” though?
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 个月前I don’t think the “what is a hash” question was a great example, but paired with the rest of the comment and context, I understood their point
Sure but as I said, that’s a knowledge question and not an engineering problem to solve. They’re very different and unless you work in software consulting, you’re not gonna get a problem that looks remotely like that from a client.
You actually get them all the time, because the programmer is more deeply knowledgeable about the features they wrote and can identify gaps better.
Boss: “Can we move the widget to the left side of the page?”
Programmer: “Sure but that means when the sidebar opens it will obscure the widget, making it hard to see both at the same time. Do we want that?”
Boss: “Hmm I didn’t consider that. Let me ask the UX team what they think.”
“Can we move the widget to the left side of the page” is not in the same category as “what is a hash” though?
I don’t think the “what is a hash” question was a great example, but paired with the rest of the comment and context, I understood their point