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> Me I am really good at other things but didn't know when I started exactly how http works. Now I do. This is the thing though, there are so many stacks and p
by jethro_tell 5y ago
> Me I am really good at other things but didn't know when I started exactly how http works. Now I do.
This is the thing though, there are so many stacks and protocols that no one can know them all. But if you're compitent in this industry, you can learn a protocol, stack or language syntax in a few days and do the needful. An interview question about how you learn, or debug should serve the same purpose. Maybe different for a full development role but IDK, I'm not a full dev just systems and infra scripting.
- PaulHoule 5y agoWriting a server with select takes ‘mad skills’, that is, an understanding of fundamentals that makes you a systems programmer.
- bradknowles 5y agoWith respect, a Systems Programmer is not how the OP described themselves. If the company is expecting to get Systems Programmers when they’re posting a job opening for a DevOps role, then someone is going to get a very rude surprise. If you want to give someone a take-home task that is appropriate for the role being advertised, that’s one thing. And you’re taking a risk that they won’t just farm out that work to someone else. But giving someone a take-home task for a completely different type of role than the one you’re advertising for, that’s just begging for a disaster to occur.