Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s...
by Pharmakon on Friday January 18, 2019 @06:31PM
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From later in his same post...
But ultimately, should Google have hired me? Yes, absolutely yes. I am often a dick, I am often difficult, I often don’t know computer science, but. BUT. I make really good things, maybe they aren't perfect, but people really like them. Surely, surely Google could have used that.
Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s...
by mullingitover on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:58AM
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> I am often difficult, I often don’t know computer science, but. BUT. I make really good things
Having worked with people who are dicks but make really good things...I wouldn't want him on my team either. There are plenty of people who make really good things and aren't dicks.
> I wrote a simple package manager. Anyone could write one. And in fact mine is pretty bad. It doesn't do dependency management properly. It doesn’t handle edge case behavior well. It isn’t well tested.