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A comment on Ask HN: Is it possible for someone to not be cut out for software engineering?.

Re:Ask HN: Is it possible for someone to not be cut out for ... by icedchai on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:04PM (#12518012)
There are many, many types of software engineering roles. Perhaps you are just applying to the wrong ones. Maybe you're not a good programmer? I can't say. But even if you aren't, that doesn't mean you can't be a good engineer. You mentioned sysadmin experience, so perhaps you could focus on a DevOps or SRE role?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible for someone to not be cut out for ... by autotune on Friday September 16, 2016 @10:20PM (#12518774)
DevOps and SRE will still challenge you with bullshit algorithm questions at most companies, and the ones that ask for practical questions based on what you'll actually be doing on the job rather than standard algorithm or trivia questions are few and far between.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible for someone to not be cut out for ... by conflicted_dev on Saturday September 17, 2016 @01:20AM (#12519255)
Can confirm. 50% of the roles I've interviewed for are DevOps, and they definitely ask algorithms questions. Granted, I don't think DevOps is very different from product engineering these days. It's still code.
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