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Hacker News as of late has given me quite a bit of hope that I'll be able to actually get a job writing code one day (anyone need an intern? ;) ) between this F
by goostavos 14y ago
Hacker News as of late has given me quite a bit of hope that I'll be able to actually get a job writing code one day (anyone need an intern? ;) ) between this FizzBuzz thing, and hearing about people who've never heard of multi-dimensional arrays, I'm feeling a little more confident..!
Of the authors three ideas as to the reason for the inability of candidates to pass the test, I can perhaps understand the first two. My younger days involved copying/pasting Actionscript2 code and relying on superstition to get it working. All the while having no idea of how the fundamental constructs (like loops) even worked. What I don't understand is how someone has the confidence to apply to a job/hold down a job when their coding style is cut and paste.
His final point has me scratching my head a bit. Specialist or not, aren't loops and conditional logic kind of the fundamental tools in all languages. What would the discipline be that has you coding in a specialist niche, but not using loops or conditionals?
- fusiongyro 14y agoPerhaps what you're experiencing is the Dunning-Kruger effect: that people who are unskilled frequently rank themselves as more competent than people who actually are skilled.
- goostavos 14y agoHmm.. perhaps. Still it seems a wildly bold to overestimate yourself by such a large amount. We're talking about the absolute basics here. I mean, I look at job postings and come away depressed after realizing I don't recognize half the stuff they want 5+ years experience in. So what does for-loop-not-knowing guy think we he sees the same requirements? I dunno. I just think it's strange that they even get to the interview stage.