Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?

Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:55PM (#21329708)

Literally the ability to write working code. You'd be amazed how few interviewees can even put together a working for... loop.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by andrewnc on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @09:06PM (#21330096)

This absolutely blows my mind. I have a hard time even believing it. But having never conducted interviews, I just don't know.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by jason0597 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:41PM (#21336370)

I've heard this story before, but it sounds absolutely insane and I can't begin to imagine (let alone expect!) that such a thing occurs. Is it really true?

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by kofejnik on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @08:07PM (#21329775)

yes, exactly this

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