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I’m confused. How did he hit the ground running in C++ without being aware of new and delete? Edit: also, how did he pass the interview

• JoeAltmaier 8y ago
  Used large declared static array, make his own heap. He was interviewed on stocks and bonds. Would have been hired probably even if he came clean about programming - we had no expertise in stock feeds and could have paired him with a programmer.
  • gizmo686 8y ago
    When I was learning, I implemented arrays as a Java class (of course, I didn't know the word "array"). I had an Excel spreadsheet that I used to auto generate code that declared ~100 variables along with getters and setters for them (I clicked and dragged to get it to be the size I needed).
  • mcv 8y ago
    Still, lying about your skills is usually frowned upon.
    • JoeAltmaier 8y ago
      Ok, he actually only needed to know C++ once he was employed. He knew he could do that. So it wasn't a lie, at least not a lie to the question that should have been asked - 'can you program in C++ by Monday?'