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Re:An Internet of PHP by _rm on Saturday September 09, 2023 @03:33AM (#37443092)
That's a good point, I imagine doing that would screen out companies run by language snobs.

My go to for this is to say "I don't think Typescript is needed most of the time". The snobs look at you like you just farted in their face.

But having done some coding interviews where time and space complexity were a factor, I found it easier to succeed with Python.

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Re:An Internet of PHP by JuanPosadas on Saturday September 09, 2023 @01:47PM (#37448056)
> "I don't think Typescript is needed most of the time

This is a terrible example, typescript (especially in 2023) is basically free with most setups (including vanilla) and easy to ignore for velocity then optionally enforce typechecking later.

A much better hill to die on would be large frameworks/tooling like react/angular/webpack.

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Re:An Internet of PHP by _rm on Saturday September 09, 2023 @09:40PM (#37452095)
Exactly. If the interviewer responds like that, they've told me the company culture, and I know to stay away.
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