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I get a feeling that the tech job market is oversaturated right now, and there are plenty of people running around with all the "achievements" (diplomas, certif
by Artlav 9y ago
I get a feeling that the tech job market is oversaturated right now, and there are plenty of people running around with all the "achievements" (diplomas, certifications, etc) and no actual knowledge.
On my last job i sat right next to the corner where we interviewed candidates, so i could hear everything and would occasionally pop in to participate. There was a scary amount of people like that - boasting a big resume but unable to tell a mutex from a semaphore.
So, i suspect you failed to pass some initial HR-level filters designed to filter out the sludge so that the actual programmers would be able to cope with the amount of candidates left to interview.
- BoysenberryPi 9y ago>boasting a big resume but unable to tell a mutex from a semaphore Is it bad that I have no idea what either of those are?
- dmlittle 9y agoI'd say it depends what you're focusing on. If you're doing anything that is multi-threading, then yes. Otherwise, it's just not something you'd use but probably interesting to know ;)
- brockwhittaker 9y agoNo. The example is entirely arbitrary. A web JavaScript developer probably doesn't need to ever know the difference between those two...
- endisukaj 9y agoA programmer must have heard of them and know at least some superficial difference. A cardiologist probably knows the different parts of a kidney and how they work.
- dyjakan 9y agoIt's not bad but it shows that you didn't go through Operating Systems 101 class. You may never need to use that knowledge but having T shaped skills is always a plus but not necessary a minus. ;)
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- flukus 9y agoOnly if you claim to be experienced in building distributed, multi threaded systems.
- maxsilver 9y ago> boasting a big resume but unable to tell a mutex from a semaphore. "We passed on hiring that guy to do our drywalling. He boasted a big resume of recent drywall hanging work, but he didn't even know the where the CEO of CertainTeed was born!"
- Fraztastic 9y agoThey can build functional, well-written products and solve complex problems, but they don't know this arbitrary task-specific trivia! Terrible!
- Artlav 9y agoWell, it was for a project that deals with distributed low level high performance data processing. Not something a JS or even a typical application level programmer need to know about these days.