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> Yours appears to be the only response which acknowledges some kind of subtlety in the question. There is no "nuance" in your question. Your question was pret
by catlover76 3y ago
> Yours appears to be the only response which acknowledges some kind of subtlety in the question.
There is no "nuance" in your question. Your question was pretty black and white; in your own words, the question is whether "they []ever heard of Joel at all, as in, never heard the name and never came across any of his writing."
- listenallyall 3y agoYes, the stated question is about one specific individual. But unlike most of the answers posted so far, "RcouF1uZ4gsC"'s answer acknowledges that there are people for whom, yes, it might be a red flag. As opposed to your answer above, which states "strange enough to think that something like this matters," implying there is absolutely nobody that might raise a concern. As I mentioned, if the interviewer never heard of Linus Torvalds or Bill Gates, would you really say "it doesn't matter?" If yes, then I kind of wonder about your judgment a little bit. If no, then the question could be re-worded as, "Is Joel Spolsky sufficiently famous or influential among professional software engineers that you'd hesitate before working for someone who had never heard of him," which is a more nuanced question, as it asks the respondent to place him along some spectrum and to determine where the cutoff point is.