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Also: * Doesn't have any obvious gaps in education ... which will be the concern with someone self-taught. We hired a very bright and enthusiastic guy who dr
by eps 5y ago
Also:
* Doesn't have any obvious gaps in education
... which will be the concern with someone self-taught.
We hired a very bright and enthusiastic guy who dropped out of college after a year to work on his own sales/marketing funnel tool. It all was going well until out of the blue he pointed at a screen and asked what "a |= b" did. Pulled on the thread and not only he had no idea what bitwise ops were, he also didn't know quite a few of other basics. That's the kind of uncertainty that formal education usually removes and the reason why self-taught people having much harder time getting to the interviews.
- clpm4j 5y agoI imagine it was important for the specific job you're referring to, but there are plenty of dev jobs that don't require an understanding of bitwise ops.
- eps 5y agoWhat it was exactly is secondary. The trouble was that there were gaping holes where it should've been solid and this complicated things in more ways than one.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> but there are plenty of dev jobs that don't require an understanding of bitwise ops. I mean, any CS101 class, at least at good schools, will have bitwise ops.