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> Coding is just a formal specification If you really believe this, I'd never want to hire you. I mean, it's not wrong, it's just ... well, it's not even wrong
by PaulDavisThe1st 11mo ago
> Coding is just a formal specification
If you really believe this, I'd never want to hire you. I mean, it's not wrong, it's just ... well, it's not even wrong.
- snovv_crash 11mo agoI'd still hire them, in fact I see that level of understanding as a green flag. Your response and depth of reasoning about why you wouldn't hire them is a red flag though. Not for a manager role and certainly not as an IC.
- PaulDavisThe1st 11mo agoI provided zero depth of reasoning. Coding is as much a method of investigating and learning about a problem as it is any sort of specification. It is as much play as it is description. Somebody who views code as nothing more than a formal specification that tells a computer what to do is inhibiting their ability to play imaginatively with the problem space, and in the work that I do, that is absolutely critical.
- snovv_crash 11mo ago> zero reasoning Yes. > inhibiting play Strongly disagree. The more abstraction layers you can see across, the bigger your toolbox and the more innovative your solutions to problems can be.