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It's crazy that with that amount of experience you wouldn't get the job, just because you lack some modern C++ info in your brain's memory. Stuff you could sear
by bboygravity 2y ago
It's crazy that with that amount of experience you wouldn't get the job, just because you lack some modern C++ info in your brain's memory. Stuff you could search for or ask an LLM in 5 seconds (or even look up in a freaking physical book). You'd probably be fully up to date within a few weeks.
Says a lot about the people hiring imo. Good luck to them finding someone who can recite C++ spec from memory.
- jpc0 2y agoIf you last worked on Pre templates C++ and now need to work on a template heavy codebase you are effectively writing in a different language. I don't think it will be a few weeks of catching up.
- DidYaWipe 2y agoWow, that must be a very long time ago. Templates were around when I started (if I remember correctly), or soon after. Which reminds me of something I hate more than header files: macros.
- DidYaWipe 2y agoHa, thanks, and obviously true. But I can understand companies wanting people who can just march into their codebase and "hit the ground running," I guess. I don't need the stress anyway. The dough would've been nice, though...