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Re:A Clojure learning journey by lkrubner on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:37AM (#16413088)
There is also the issue of nervousness that comes up at coding interviews. See "Embarrassing code I wrote under stress at a job interview":

http://www.smashcompany.com/technology/embarrassing-code-i-w...

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Re:A Clojure learning journey by jcadam on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:47AM (#16413140)
During one of my first coding interviews I used a goto. I simply forgot about the existence of loops I was so nervous, but for some reason the archivist in the back of my brain responsible for preserving my childhood Apple ][ BASIC knowledge stepped up and said "I got this."
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