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Ask HN: Incompetence at big companies
Frequently I notice people working at Microsoft, Google, IBM, Red Hat, Cisco and Nvidia constantly asking trivial questions on Freenode IRC. How is it possible they got hired in the first place?
- ColinWright 14y agoCan you provide some examples? Sometimes people are employed for a given skill, and the best way they can then expand those skills is to ask questions.
- qompiler 14y agoIt's usually basic stuff you can find in the documentation of whatever project. I know open-source software documentation isn't always the greatest or easiest to understand, it just shocks me!