this is spot on! I would like to add something: If you make it in the interview and you get the job,

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1. Being asked 487 times about the difference between an interface and abstract class. Ooooo. You got me there! 2. Being asked about 2 s complement notation. Even if I can t remember CS 101 from 21 years ago, I can look up the answer in 10 seconds. 3. Tell me about a time when you triumphed over evil and saved the day when no one else could. Few of us are really going to encounter the kind of heroics that a company is looking for. Sorry guys, left my cape at home.
I disagree with the comparison. Programming (especially senior positions) are better compared to a specialist atlanta midtown apartment profession. Imagine if this comparison were with Doctors. No one would say Oh, you were a plastic surgeon and we need a brain surgeon, I am sure they are pretty much the same. You can certainly adapt! I agree that when you know how to program, you can more easily pick up a language and learn something new, and for a junior position all I look for hiring is someone who is smart, and can learn quickly. It is not entirely the same for top talent. atlanta midtown apartment Also, if you are a candidate, and think it would be easy to learn the language, start learning atlanta midtown apartment before the interview, then you won t have this problem
When you rent a car you pay the car rental company, when you re employed the company pays you. In the first case you don t have to take any sh!t in the second case how much sh!t you take is a function of your desperation.
Some say that his not only the man-in-the-middle, he s at both ends and has wiretaps on Alice, Bob, Carol and Dave. and that he once crashed a 10 way IBM sysplex by staring at at it all we know is hes the stigs nerdy cousin.
A person who dabbles in everything will be worse on almost all aspects than a person who *knows* a language and can use it as a kicking point to discover the idiosyncrasies of a new language. Alternatively a person atlanta midtown apartment who *knows* more than one language (hopefully for different uses) will have a wider skillset in which they can attack a problem. THe ol if all you have is a hammer analogy works in this case.
This all gells. IT is almost perfectly stupid. They are practising hunting/gathering. They should look for people with the trait of understanding computers which Knuth says only one person in 50 has.
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this is spot on! I would like to add something: If you make it in the interview and you get the job, the chances are that you are not going to drive anything, instead you are going to pull a donkey cart!
Whether the second sentence has merit or not depends on what the job needs. Some jobs are better off with a jack of all trades (e.g. exploring the space for a new product), others are better with master of ones (e.g. implement a well-defined feature/component/system).
This is a pretty bad analogy, atlanta midtown apartment IMO. Cars mostly really do all drive the same. Also, if you interview anywhere atlanta midtown apartment that cares specifically what programming languages or frameworks you use, you should interview somewhere else. Interviews are as much about vetting the company as they are about them vetting the applicant.
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