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Back in ~2012 I interviewed at a company that chose Mongo as its database, and my white boarding question was to implement joins in nosql as that was a recent p
by seibelj 6y ago
Back in ~2012 I interviewed at a company that chose Mongo as its database, and my white boarding question was to implement joins in nosql as that was a recent problem they were solving. After doing the problem I asked innocently, “but all your data is relational - why use mongo at all?” And the CTO went red in the face and exploded, actually yelling at me about mongo’s many benefits (just not, ya know, anything a normal database provides). Needless to say I didn’t get the job!
- rachelbythebay 6y agoI'd say "name and shame", but I'm guessing they're not around any more. Am I right?
- seibelj 6y agoThey seem to still exist but they recently closed down a major product. Let’s just say that if I joined them and lasted 8 years my stock options would be worthless.
- smt88 6y ago"I chose MongoDB" has been (and apparently should continue to be) an indicator that someone is either new to software -- which is fine, a lot of bootcamps teach Mongo -- or totally incompetent when it comes to databases.
- bkuehl 6y agoOh, would love to have been a fly on that wall. I wonder what they did for 'reporting'. mongo/document dbs are great for niche uses. I don't disagree on that. But for an overall store I don't see it.