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Re:Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using... by jacobsenscott on Sunday February 02, 2025 @08:48PM (#42914029)
There is foundational knowledge you must have memorized through a combination of education and experience to be a software developer. The standard must be higher than "can use google and cut and paste." The answer can't always be - "I don't need to be able to recall that on command, I can google/chatgpt that when I end up needing it." Would you go to a surgeon who says "I don't need to know exactly where the spleen is, I can simply google it during surgery."

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