Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search

Re:Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search by MichaelGG on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @01:11PM (#7430173)

Maybe you've been lucky? Being forced down the stack seems to happen either when you need more performance, or when stuff blows up.

I only drill into a framework or language when someone writes that they're an expert on it. Otherwise, learning a new framework or language might be bumpy but if they have skill then it shouldn't be a problem.

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Re:Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search by mattmanser on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @04:34PM (#7431660)

That's not the stuff that typically goes wrong.

TCP? DNS?

More like persistent cache misses in SQL or some weird edge case caused by an errant vertical tab or a filename getting too long or some limit in array length causing your compiler to do weird stuff.

Knowing how any of that list works is more for sysadmins than programmers.

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