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Never say no, but don't say yes unless you're sure about it. You won't believe how often that will be good enough. "Can you code in X?" "I can program in man
by k__ 6y ago
Never say no, but don't say yes unless you're sure about it.
You won't believe how often that will be good enough.
"Can you code in X?"
"I can program in many languages!"
Didn't answer the question, but was often enough for the interviewer.
- commandlinefan 6y agoYikes, I don't know about that. If somebody asked me if I could program in, say, Perl, I'd say I knew what it was but that was about it. That's like somebody asking if I can speak Chinese: I know what it sounds like, but no, I can't.
- TrackerFF 6y agoBut on a serious note - if some interviewer ask you outright "Have you programmed in [x], and what's your opinion on it?", try to be positive. I used to be very honest about my opinion on languages, but my experience is that if you start being too honest (on the negative side) regarding some language you're being asked about, it will have few upsides. For whatever reason, some devs. are very personal about the tools and languages being used, and will even get hurt or agitated by criticism. So whenever I get asked about that now, I just try to come up with the positive things I enjoy about [x] language.