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I recall one of my friends, when I was at Google, sending me a screenshot of code written by Jeff Dean with an obvious bug. Jeff is, of course, extraordinary, b
by ljw1001 9y ago
I recall one of my friends, when I was at Google, sending me a screenshot of code written by Jeff Dean with an obvious bug. Jeff is, of course, extraordinary, but I wonder how many companies might have passed on him if he submitted that code in an interview setting.
- sp527 9y agoThis anecdote made my day. Thank you for helping assuage my Imposter Syndrome.
- animal531 9y agoAbsolutely. There exists no single human being that does not make any mistakes. The trick is to find the people that make as few as possible, know how to track them down, and that can figure out how to hot-fix them as needed.