Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ...
by khedoros1 on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:53PM
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> Spaces are fine, tabs are fine, but mixing them would be absolutely terrible. A programmer's personal preference for one or the other is irrelevant. What matters is that he's willing to adapt to the coding style of the company.
That sounds like a better answer to the question right there. It's the "some though out response" that the interviewer was looking for, willingness to put the team's decisions ahead of your own, and so on.
It's not meant to be aggressive, but to make a point. It's important that everybody uses the same coding style, regardless of personal preference. Spaces are fine, tabs are fine, but mixing them would be absolutely terrible. A programmer's personal preference for one or the other is irrelevant. What matters is that he's willing to adapt to the coding style of the company.