Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer

Re:Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer by oarabbus_ on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:33PM (#20619255)

The actual interview was more akin to the interviewer telling an interviewee that "python doesn't support multithreading"; something patently false. No, this kind of erroneous statement should not be glossed over.

For your information, this was the later stage of questions. The very first question did involve a simple summation group by, so I'd already demonstrated my understanding there. I showed no frustration or annoyance during the interview in case you are attempting to imply that was the case.

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Re:Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer by m463 on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:26PM (#20620355)

"python doesn't support multithreading"

wait, what about the GIL?!? did they fix that?

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Re:Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer by lalaland1125 on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:20PM (#20620757)

Python does support multithreading. The only thing the GIL does is prevent you from simultaneously running python code in more than one thread. You can still use threads to do io in parallel or to help interleave CPU tasks.

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Re:Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer by OldManAndTheCpp on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:31PM (#20620817)

I think the parent is saying you /can/ use threads, but they will all contend on the GIL.

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