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I remember I figured out 'interfaces' about 5 years after starting to deal with them. I'm not proud of that. I had no books, so... still. I also occasionally do
by hitchhiker999 12y ago
I remember I figured out 'interfaces' about 5 years after starting to deal with them. I'm not proud of that. I had no books, so... still.
I also occasionally double-take on an 'off-by-one', and happily will spend 2 hours tracking down a rookie mistake I've made.
Half the crap they ask you at an interview (thankfully haven't had to do one in 15 years) I wouldn't recognise, but would have probably done IRL about 1000 times.
Cliche as it is - the better you get, the more you realise how little you know.
- charlesism 12y agoI paused before I wrote "instinctively avoid" actually, because I didn't want to imply that I never get caught out anymore. But I was thinking back to my early days - I vividly remember complaining to myself "why didn't they make the first element 1!" Hey, maybe I was right, I don't have the perspective anymore. Like all of you, I've internalized counting up from 0 to the point where it seems like the only sane thing to do.
- hitchhiker999 12y agoYes, I never thought of that way. I remember once feeling a moment of confusion IRL: "Please go to window 2 sir.." -> "*but there's only 2 .. ahh ..ok.." - just that ever so slight moment of brain fail. It was similar to the feeling of needing to weave left and right when you walk down the street after playing 20 hours of games that have a good sniper class.