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Re:Coding Interview Preparation Bootcamp by bluGill on Monday November 19, 2018 @04:11PM (#18489794)
Actually a great programmer will figure C++ out fast enough for most purposes. Templates are weird and hard, but a great programmer can figure them out. However if you don't have a several years of experience you will make mistakes, so I can't hire you as the next go-to expert in the difficult corner cases of C++ that sometimes we can't avoid (though as we move to modern c++14 there are a lot less of them)

If you lie on your resume and I catch you that is an important red flag because I no longer no what else I can trust you on.

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Re:Coding Interview Preparation Bootcamp by nobleach on Monday November 19, 2018 @05:41PM (#18490387)
I think that's where I was coming from: "if you don't have several years...." I learned enough C++ in school to complete my assignments. But the C++ PRs I've reviewed contain FAR more than those rudimentary basics. When looking at Rust, it brought back some of those memories. (`using` vs `uses`, etc) I'd never DARE say I "know" C++ well enough to be useful.
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