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Re:How my life was changed when I began caring about the peo... by brianwawok on Friday January 09, 2015 @12:04PM (#8863070)
So get better at being a fake extrovert for 90 seconds. Programmers as a class of people are shy and awkward. Not hard to be not the shyest and awkwardest around.
Re:How my life was changed when I began caring about the peo... by AnonJ on Friday January 09, 2015 @12:35PM (#8863222)
Just be yourself. Interviews are not equal to acting like an extrovert, and any attempt to "fake" will likely backfire. But indeed I have to admit I was quite shocked at how incredibly unsociable and inexpressive those programmers are at my first work. Probably it's just because I'm not working at a world-class place yet and the sample size is way too small, I can only assume.