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Sounds like a proper egomaniac and possible bullshit-artist. The remaining question is, how do you react if you are hired and asked to do something below your l
by oriolid 5y ago
Sounds like a proper egomaniac and possible bullshit-artist. The remaining question is, how do you react if you are hired and asked to do something below your level?
- marginalia_nu 5y agoI do work on all levels, that's the nature of working independently on large projects. If all the work you have is below my level, though, then clearly I'm not a good fit for the role and the role is also not a good fit for me.
- oriolid 5y agoI agree that refusing to write a trivial program at an interview is the best way to prove that you are a cooperative person and ready work at all levels.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoIf you want a guy to teach to jump through hoops on command, to bark and roll over, then I'm just not a good candidate for the job. You have failed my interview as much as I have failed yours at that point. Look, I have been doing this for longer than some junior developers have been alive, and I have more than enough financial stability to be able to turn down offers. When I look for a job, I'm not looking for a way to pay the next month's bills or a means to get rich, I'm looking for somewhere I can make a meaningful difference.
- oriolid 5y agoYou're not really convincing me, but I have been doing this for some time too. There have been a bit too many times when someone has been "working independently on large project" that turned out to be a total dumpster fire and I have had to clean up the mess. The hero programmers behind these projects all thought they were making a meaningful difference.