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Re:Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before coding? on Sunday September 01, 2019 @02:19PM (#20853767)
In drawing, you see something and sketch before inking and coloring.
Re:Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before coding? on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:58PM (#20842662)
You and everyone else have helped a lot. Thank you.
Re:Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before coding? on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:46PM (#20842546)
It wasn’t a LeetCode problem. I had to implement an API where each call would change the state of the application on certain conditions. I heard the problem and clarified it on the whiteboard. I coded each function while talking and ask for clarifications.

Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before coding?

Posted by unhired on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:03PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I failed an onsite interview for a senior position because I didn’t have a mental model of the subtask before coding each function during a 90 minute pair programming test. I only used javascript in a text editor. I ran node in console after small changes and additions to print, test, debug.The feedback was you can’t do this when compiling time is long and development will be slow. I’ve heard...

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