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I don’t mean offense by this, but did they actually ask what your favorite language was? Either way, you have to understand why a regular firm would laugh at t

I don’t mean offense by this, but did they actually ask what your favorite language was? Either way, you have to understand why a regular firm would laugh at that. A lot of these run of the mill places are thinking in terms of API’s. They don’t really care about combinators, run time AST manipulation, or true benefits of dynamic typing. My guess is they’re cranking out Apps, or some sort of cloud deployment.

pmoriarty 4y ago
"did they actually ask what your favorite language was?" Honestly, I don't remember. This was quite a few years ago, and at this point I don't remember whether they asked -- probably not -- or whether I just blurted it out, because I love Scheme. What I most remember is the slap in the face I got in response to sharing with them something that I loved, the awful whiteboarding session, and that same interviewer walking out without saying anything.
arethuza 4y ago
If pmoriarty was asked what his personal favourite language was I'd regard Scheme as a pretty interesting answer if I was an interviewer as it would indicate, to me at least, a genuine passion for the subject.