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Re:The Worst Programming Interview Question by dllthomas on Friday June 27, 2014 @12:05PM (#7954643)
"Anything higher than a junior position requires maintaining code as much, or more than, writing it."

I think that applies to junior positions, too.

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Re:The Worst Programming Interview Question by colanderman on Friday June 27, 2014 @12:10PM (#7954681)
You're correct, but generally when critical thing X is broken and you need it working for the customer, you give it to your more experienced devs, not the college intern.
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Re:The Worst Programming Interview Question by dllthomas on Friday June 27, 2014 @01:39PM (#7955216)
True, but when I'm in a more senior position, we're less often in a situation where critical thing X is broken.
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