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klys (maker of Silmarils)9/29/2014 3:42:08 pm PDT

re: #97 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I agree wholeheartedly. I never understood it. The best you will get is the most basic piece of code one can write because the more complex stuff takes time and consideration. On top of that, sure you can write something complex but with no way to test you can’t be 100% certain it will even work. God knows I’ve written code that SHOULD work only to find out it doesn’t.

The husband has coding questions as part of his process.

Part of it is to discover if you can translate ideas into code. He’s not looking for perfect code - but you do lose points if after he comments there are mistakes, he has to give you clues on where to find them. If you find and fix them yourself, it’s fine.

From his point of view, the job you are being hired to do is writing code. If you can’t do a simple problem in the interview (it’s not designed to be a gotcha), he doesn’t particularly want to hold your hand for the next 6 months while you come up to speed. He doesn’t dictate language and you can use library functions as long as you can explain what it’s returning - and if you sound like you’re making that up, he’ll ask you to implement it.

I had to write code on paper for exams in the few classes I’ve taken so it wasn’t that different.