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For a company with supposedly high hiring standards. Granted domain knowledge also matters but that isn't what the people described have. So what does Google te
by wbl 8y ago
For a company with supposedly high hiring standards. Granted domain knowledge also matters but that isn't what the people described have. So what does Google teach them?
- erik_seaberg 8y agoEveryone I met there had my respect. I find "not capable of understanding a brilliant language" to be baseless contempt and I'm surprised he didn't get more heat over it. I wouldn't work with him, nor whatever people he's trying in vain to accommodate.
- tensor 8y agoThat's really quite ironic given: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19825787 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19825787
- erik_seaberg 8y agoI should have worded that more gently. The greatest programmers in the world have demonstrated that even they can't use C reliably.
- IOT_Apprentice 8y agoYikes I think he is arguing against overwhelming programmers with complexity and the ability to hammer themselves with pointers, leaks and other banes of existence for average C programmers.