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Python is the most popular language at 30% in 2014? I've worked for a lot of big corporations and interviewed at hundreds more over the last few years. Not a si
by at-fates-hands 13y ago
Python is the most popular language at 30% in 2014? I've worked for a lot of big corporations and interviewed at hundreds more over the last few years. Not a single one used Python in any way, shape or form.
Maybe that's changing, but I find it hard to believe.
- yeukhon 13y agoDefine big corporations? I am sure C++ and Java are still the most widely used in big corporations.
- at-fates-hands 13y agoBest Buy, United Health Group, Target, Medtronic. And I agree with you, I thought C++ and Java were more widely used than Python. The graph at the middle of the page in the article indicated Python was the most popular language at 30+%.
- yeukhon 13y agoThe main issue in the blog post is about "you, interviewee, which PL to use for coding interview" and the statistics OP uses is about what PL people uses on CodeEval (which is a place people go on to challenge themselves). So you are right about the doubt. Simply put, a lot of interviews tend to be fixed. Interviewees don't get to choose the PL to use during coding session. It is usually fixed. If you are interviewing for Java software engineer candidate, then coding in Python makes no sense. So that statistics does not reflect reality. It's merely to say that "Python and Ruby alike PL" are popular should the candidate has the right to choose a PL.