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Re:Vectorization: Introduction by mgaunard on Saturday June 03, 2023 @06:30AM (#36175369)
1% success rate is typical when interviewing developers.

Also they get asked multiple exercises, not doing great at one is not eliminatory.

Being able to quickly identify whether an individual is exceptionally good is very important to ensure the employer can fast-track them and be responsive quickly enough that he doesn't accept another offer.

Re:Vectorization: Introduction by preseinger on Saturday June 03, 2023 @04:49PM (#36180404)
cpu cache line optimization is relevant to a superminority of programming contexts

if you're working in those contexts then it's all fine, but it's important to acknowledge that most software development is bottlenecked by concerns far above this level of concern