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and you would have missed the point of the question entirely. Regardless, thats a pretty unnecessarily aggressive response to an interview question; or maybe I

• lwansbrough 9y ago
  I read it that way too, but maybe that's another reason for asking the question? ("Who is going to be hostile about insignificant decisions?")
• mcv 9y ago
  Or you would be missing the point of the answer. It's not meant to be aggressive, but to make a point. It's important that everybody uses the same coding style, regardless of personal preference. Spaces are fine, tabs are fine, but mixing them would be absolutely terrible. A programmer's personal preference for one or the other is irrelevant. What matters is that he's willing to adapt to the coding style of the company.
  • khedoros1 9y ago
    > Spaces are fine, tabs are fine, but mixing them would be absolutely terrible. A programmer's personal preference for one or the other is irrelevant. What matters is that he's willing to adapt to the coding style of the company. That sounds like a better answer to the question right there. It's the "some though out response" that the interviewer was looking for, willingness to put the team's decisions ahead of your own, and so on.