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At my last job, we were trying to hire an expert C++ programmer, and every interview our C++ wizard would ask, "How do you rate your C++ knowledge on a scale of
by chris_st 7y ago
At my last job, we were trying to hire an expert C++ programmer, and every interview our C++ wizard would ask, "How do you rate your C++ knowledge on a scale of 1..10?" and pretty much invariably get a "8 or 9!" kind of answer.
Then came the C++11 and C++14 questions, and yeah, they didn't have a clue.
The guy they hired admitted that he wasn't a wizard, but said that he really wanted to become one.
- giovannibonetti 7y agoThis self-assessment ignorance phenomenon is well documented under the name Dunning-Kruger effect [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effec...
- sandov 7y ago> "How do you rate your C++ knowledge on a scale of 1..10?" and pretty much invariably get a "8 or 9!" I'd guess that not even the members of the standard committee really know 90% of C++.