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Isn't this more of a reflection of the candidate and not of the language? Especially since the questions you mention are not "modern" C++ per se. I am in the sa
by 0xcafecafe 8y ago
Isn't this more of a reflection of the candidate and not of the language? Especially since the questions you mention are not "modern" C++ per se. I am in the same boat as you and have been looking around in the market for filling some positions in my team. My experience is also similar to yours but I attribute that mostly to the interviewee. Something like having "10 1 year experiences" than a "10 year experience". It is important in our field to keep up and at least look under the hood to see how things work.
- sytelus 8y agoFor languages like Python, C# its not as often to find candidates who can write syntactically correct code that produces the required output but the code would leave you in absolute horror and you would pray for the candidate.
- btschaegg 8y agoI agree with your last point, but if you see it from the perspective of a project leader that has to pull in changes (like Torvalds) or hire qualified people, that still makes no difference. If it's too hard to find good people or sift out bad code, even a technically good language is not helping you with your real task.
- 0x445442 8y agoIn defense of the interviewees, the 10 1 year experiences issue is usually dictated by "architects" and middle managers chasing the new shiny tech stack. From the interviewees perspective it's self preservation to have a knowledge base a mile wide and an inch deep because most business just want to get something out the door.