It is actually the case that tens of percent of people who apply for a job in writing software have no ability to write software.
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@patio11 in our experience, 60-70 percent do not pass a test like “write a method that adds up numbers in an array”. - 6 more replies
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@ELagergren@epaga@patio11 subtleties if you care about numerical precision, or care about int overflow -
@ELagergren@epaga@patio11 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahan_summation_algorithm …, though I doubt that's what was expected at std interview
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@ELagergren@epaga@patio11 still may have to care about overflow :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ELagergren@cournape yep, good ones, also we’ve had more than one candidate simply assume the array could never be null or empty.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 I always thought fizzbuzz was to relax candidate - by time of interview they obviously are programmers. Not a screen.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 Is `//shibboleth` not a complete solution?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@apocatwitchit @codehobbyist we are a small company, not attractive to “rock stars”. Quite a few think they can wing it / learn on-the-job
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@ELagergren thanks for the kind words. disdain for faith is growing, that is true. All the more reason to “shine”, in my mind. ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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