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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by vkou on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:00PM (#29090255)
> Naming isn't very language-specific though [*], and poor naming should be flagged in coding interviews.

I'm not going to turn a candidate away because they use shorthand names when writing code under time pressure on a whiteboard.

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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by Jensson on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @12:21AM (#29091073)
This discussion wasn't about hiring but about code reviews. If you use bad names in your code then the reviewer is correct when they tell you to make better names.
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