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Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by why-el on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @09:23AM (#7428427)
If you are asked a question that you think you can't reasonably answer without your environment, then either you are too dependent on it or the question was unreasonable. In both scenarios just tell the interviewer that and I am sure there will be other ways.
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Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by Bluestrike2 on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @03:59PM (#7431399)
It's more an issue of comfort through familiarity for me, and I'd imagine, for most programmers in general.

Sit me down in front of Visual Studio and I can write code just fine. It's just I do so while consciously thinking about the editor and how I'm using it more than I would in my preferred vim environment, where things are largely subconscious through familiarity.

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