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Re:Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acq... by throwaway5959 on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:33PM (#38437853)
> I ask a question where the engineer should use an enum instead of a string. If the engineer uses an enum, I move on.

I’m confused by this. You’re saying you move on if the engineer uses an enum as you would expect?

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Re:Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acq... by akira2501 on Monday November 27, 2023 @04:22PM (#38438521)
Incompetent managers seem to love shorthand "competency" tests like this.
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Re:Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acq... by gamblor956 on Monday November 27, 2023 @04:32PM (#38438675)
You're not confused. As the OP indicated, he was once a VMWare engineer, so he gets his own questions wrong.
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Re:Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acq... by icelancer on Monday November 27, 2023 @06:05PM (#38439812)
Takes one to know one. Checkmate.
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Re:Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acq... by gwbas1c on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @02:13PM (#38449937)
No I should have said string
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