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False | WonderfulNinja | t2_yeloc5f | > 16-bit "code" corresponds with exactly one letter
In Unicode characters can get encoded in more than one code point. In UTF16 a code point beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane is encoded in two code units using a low and a high surrogate code points. | null | 0 | 1546226541 | False | 0 | ecx4r38 | t3_aawt2w | null | null | t1_ecvpbrm | /r/programming/comments/aawt2w/what_is_a_binary_file/ecx4r38/ | 1548294684 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Mancobbler | t2_y22da | Wait, what is the difference between an abstract class and an interface? I’ve never compared the two ideas before, always thought about them separately | null | 0 | 1546226582 | False | 0 | ecx4stw | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwwafg | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx4stw/ | 1548294706 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | jringstad | t2_fwdml | Ah, true. I thought the sounds were only used for the 'CRY' option in the menu. | null | 0 | 1546226643 | False | 0 | ecx4vfl | t3_aaxvf8 | null | null | t1_ecx3u6y | /r/programming/comments/aaxvf8/generation_i_pokémon_cries_explained/ecx4vfl/ | 1548294738 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | __j_random_hacker | t2_4rnnt | Sorry, my writing "U = log(n)" was a mistake.
In the Word RAM, we may choose to view the "single n-bit number" comprising the input as instead being a sequence of n/log2(n) words, each of log2(n) bits. In this model, w = log2(n), and U = 2^w = n. | null | 0 | 1546226838 | False | 0 | ecx53lq | t3_aavq8r | null | null | t1_ecx18iz | /r/programming/comments/aavq8r/reversing_an_nbit_number_in_olog_n_time/ecx53lq/ | 1548294838 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | AtmosphericMusk | t2_d3r49 | Technically you don't need a graduate degree in any of those fields to do the work, just the knowledge youd (presumably) gain from getting those degrees. An important distinction to make for impressionable young people who haven't realized yet that paying 50-200k doesn't guarantee you success in attaining this knowledge, just as not spending that money and instead learning on your own guarantee failure.
For example, we know for a fact that both John Carmack (DOOM) and Zuckerberg never completed any graduate courses in mathematics, so it's entirely possible to learn these things without getting a degree, and frankly getting a degree might even slow you down from actually learning. | null | 0 | 1546226906 | 1546227270 | 0 | ecx56e0 | t3_a8lw4o | null | null | t1_ece6dxm | /r/programming/comments/a8lw4o/stanford_scientists_locate_nearly_all_us_solar/ecx56e0/ | 1548294874 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1546226964 | False | 0 | ecx58ua | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwok2j | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx58ua/ | 1548294904 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | foxh8er | t2_60e80 | I'm not rich and don't know people in high tier companies | null | 0 | 1546227178 | False | 0 | ecx5hwk | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecwerue | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecx5hwk/ | 1548295016 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | foxh8er | t2_60e80 | No I'm just a failure | null | 0 | 1546227193 | False | 0 | ecx5ijm | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecwd56v | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecx5ijm/ | 1548295024 | -1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | motioncuty | t2_b7gii | They can do whatever they want. But I think screening out non geniuses is a good idea. Geniuses aren't the best teammates and genius is worth less than cooperation. Atleast for 90% of software engineering. I'd much rather have a team of 5 gifted people and 1 genius than 5 geniuses and 1 gifted person. But then again, I think google has the industry pull and notoriety to find 5 geniuses who are good teammates. The other companies out there need to understand that they don't offer what google offers and as such can't be against discriminant. | null | 0 | 1546227247 | False | 0 | ecx5ku3 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwz8pw | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx5ku3/ | 1548295054 | 14 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Viklove | t2_4eza6 | You sound like someone who can literally only live in SF. If you like SF, so be it, but Chicago is very liveable and has a lot to offer. If you want a place near mountains, temperate year round, with red woods and a specialized tech scene, literally the only place for you is SF. If you're flexible at all, there are a multitude of other options.
People like you keep the rent in Chicago low though, so I'm not complaining :) | null | 0 | 1546227366 | False | 0 | ecx5pw3 | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecwdlxv | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecx5pw3/ | 1548295117 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | AttackOfTheThumbs | t2_79zad | I think it depends on how much you gain from the trickery/cleverness as far as performance goes. Good documentation regarding this could resolve it for a future dev that comes along and sees something and immediately thinks it's fucky. | null | 0 | 1546227804 | False | 0 | ecx68kt | t3_aawwgf | null | null | t1_ecwxg1y | /r/programming/comments/aawwgf/using_logical_operators_for_logical_operations_is/ecx68kt/ | 1548295375 | 9 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Omikron | t2_1kmjc | Yeah most of the "no real answer" questions are just to see if you have some basic problem solving skills. | null | 0 | 1546227835 | False | 0 | ecx69vm | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwjrdf | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx69vm/ | 1548295391 | 8 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Omikron | t2_1kmjc | You mean young and cheaper? | null | 0 | 1546227878 | False | 0 | ecx6bs5 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwwz0x | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx6bs5/ | 1548295415 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | zenyl | t2_bfwod | Depends on your timezone. | null | 0 | 1546227890 | False | 0 | ecx6cbz | t3_aansm3 | null | null | t1_ecum5i2 | /r/programming/comments/aansm3/netbeans_10_released_the_best_swing_gui_builder/ecx6cbz/ | 1548295421 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | jaybazuzi | t2_3qjvp | The answer has many parts, far more than can I can explain in Reddit.
The most important parts are:
- when we find a concern that is impossible to test in isolation (e.g. cross-process communication), refactor so it becomes easy to test in isolation
- all the other testing we do (incl. fuzzing) is about testing our process, not about testing the code. If they find a defect, we repair the process that produced code with this issue.
It really sucks not to be able to explain this stuff well in text. The only way I have ever succeeded is by pair- and mob-programming with a team that is willing to try new things. | null | 0 | 1546228069 | False | 0 | ecx6k5t | t3_aaqrzi | null | null | t1_ecwzpp7 | /r/programming/comments/aaqrzi/stages_of_tdd/ecx6k5t/ | 1548295517 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | nermid | t2_55a4w | The TL;DR is that an interface is a contract with no implementations, while an abstract class may have *some* things implemented with a default behavior.
For all the nitty-gritty, see [this SO question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1913098/what-is-the-difference-between-an-interface-and-abstract-class). | null | 0 | 1546228114 | False | 0 | ecx6m4f | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx4stw | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx6m4f/ | 1548295542 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | wookiee42 | t2_3mn1n | Did you ignore a style guide? | null | 0 | 1546228175 | False | 0 | ecx6orr | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx46z8 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx6orr/ | 1548295574 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | uhhhclem | t2_n3j0 | All files are binary files. Some binary files are text files. | null | 0 | 1546228273 | False | 0 | ecx6t1y | t3_aawt2w | null | null | t3_aawt2w | /r/programming/comments/aawt2w/what_is_a_binary_file/ecx6t1y/ | 1548295628 | 7 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | AttackOfTheThumbs | t2_79zad | I think it improves your thinking about code period. Haskell gave me a different approach to thinking about problems. It's not something I use much now, but it still helps all the time, even if it's just giving me another angle. | null | 0 | 1546228463 | False | 0 | ecx716t | t3_aavxpp | null | null | t1_ecwvwjk | /r/programming/comments/aavxpp/advent_of_haskell_thoughts_and_lessons_learned/ecx716t/ | 1548295729 | 7 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Hxfhjkl | t2_12tw9s | Unless you're writing in something like haskell or clojure. | null | 0 | 1546228705 | False | 0 | ecx7br4 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecworuq | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx7br4/ | 1548295889 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | A_Light_Spark | t2_6tcu7 | That's a much better read. I'm surprised it took them that long to realize some interviews questions are just flat out stupid. But better late than never, right?
>Ultimately, the goal of a hiring process is to bring great people into the team or company — to make sure they’re a fit and will succeed, and to create a great experience for them so they want to join.
Really like this bit too. Sometimes it feels like the companies forgot the purpose of hiring, and simply setting uo another gate keeping layer for the I-am-very-smart people. | null | 0 | 1546229028 | False | 0 | ecx7puf | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvx55i | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx7puf/ | 1548296063 | 156 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | winter_limelight | t2_186uq | You've still got to have people handling the complexity. Software is essentially complex ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No\_Silver\_Bullet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet)) and while there's often plenty of tasks available for less able developers, there needs to be people capable of handling the complexity available to set things up for them, find things for them to do, and review what they're doing to prevent code decay through naivety. So we still need a good quantity of senior devs and architects. I've seen cases of software developed without anybody capable of handling complexity, and it costs those businesses massively. It's almost likely they'd have a better ROI by hiring better people in the first place... | null | 0 | 1546229030 | False | 0 | ecx7py0 | t3_aaxmml | null | null | t3_aaxmml | /r/programming/comments/aaxmml/the_next_big_bluecollar_job_is_coding/ecx7py0/ | 1548296064 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Tyrilean | t2_t01kb | My current job, they turned down 30 guys who made it to the interview phase, and I was the first person they made an offer to. The interview lasted hours, and touched point on memorizing OOP design patterns, being able to do proper unit tests, and white-boarding complex algorithms.
Now that I work here, it turns out their entire code base is about 15 years old, written purely functionally, by dudes they found on Craigslist, and they were still coding one-off reports and crap directly in the CLI. No proper revision control, no QA, no development or staging environments, no SDLC to speak of.
But, they had the nerve to quiz me on all of that stuff, and turn down other candidates presumably because they didn't have those skills. | null | 0 | 1546229124 | False | 0 | ecx7tyb | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwf4s9 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx7tyb/ | 1548296113 | 48 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1546229143 | False | 0 | ecx7urn | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx7urn/ | 1548296124 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Majikarpp | t2_4p2ut6v | Great point! | null | 0 | 1546229384 | False | 0 | ecx85eh | t3_aavv6v | null | null | t1_ecvpgpg | /r/programming/comments/aavv6v/the_art_of_writing_documentation/ecx85eh/ | 1548296255 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | crvdgc | t2_1cr8w4og | The better interview method sounds like internship to me. | null | 0 | 1546229623 | False | 0 | ecx8g26 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvx55i | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx8g26/ | 1548296417 | 8 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | pheonixblade9 | t2_4zcgr | I interviewed people regularly for DevDiv and we never did brain teasers. We were actually given quite a lot of latitude in how we conducted interviews. The blind feedback is relatively new.
I usually asked people to write me an autocomplete. I experimented with what I considered more interesting problems, but they seemed to freak out interviewees so I stopped.
I also made it a point to bring a laptop with every IDE and text editor I could think of for the candidate to use, but this definitely wasn't standard practice. | null | 0 | 1546229758 | False | 0 | ecx8m51 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvv4uw | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx8m51/ | 1548296491 | 9 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | pinkottah | t2_7ttrv | > I'd much rather have a team of 5 gifted people and 1 genius than 5 geniuses and 1 gifted person.
Or maybe worse, five average developers who think they're geniuses, which is probably the more common result in companies that can't match major silicon valley firms purchasing power. | null | 0 | 1546229926 | False | 0 | ecx8thm | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx5ku3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx8thm/ | 1548296582 | 9 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | AttackOfTheThumbs | t2_79zad | In the real world, sometimes development moves too fast for all of this, so you hire technical writers to write your documentation. This doesn't always work out too well. | null | 0 | 1546229968 | False | 0 | ecx8v5j | t3_aavv6v | null | null | t1_ecw696r | /r/programming/comments/aavv6v/the_art_of_writing_documentation/ecx8v5j/ | 1548296603 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | pheonixblade9 | t2_4zcgr | Bad interviewer. Sorry you had that experience. 😕 | null | 0 | 1546229975 | False | 0 | ecx8vfy | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwaogb | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx8vfy/ | 1548296607 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | AttackOfTheThumbs | t2_79zad | I'd need to see an example to even begin to guess. | null | 0 | 1546230020 | False | 0 | ecx8x6y | t3_aavv6v | null | null | t1_ecw7bxa | /r/programming/comments/aavv6v/the_art_of_writing_documentation/ecx8x6y/ | 1548296628 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | AttackOfTheThumbs | t2_79zad | I'm a bad writer. Plus it takes time away from something I love doing. | null | 0 | 1546230114 | False | 0 | ecx90xy | t3_aavv6v | null | null | t1_ecwaxm8 | /r/programming/comments/aavv6v/the_art_of_writing_documentation/ecx90xy/ | 1548296674 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | ivquatch | t2_3a6gu | "Welcome to proggit, bitch!" | null | 0 | 1546230122 | False | 0 | ecx917x | t3_aaxlm1 | null | null | t1_ecwzd2d | /r/programming/comments/aaxlm1/because_im_dumb_i_write_better_code/ecx917x/ | 1548296677 | 6 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | case-o-nuts | t2_38wrw | I'd want to work on a team of 5 cooperative geniuses. Genius and cooperativeness are not mutually exclusive, and quite often goes together. | null | 1 | 1546230128 | False | 0 | ecx91gb | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx5ku3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx91gb/ | 1548296680 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | yeesh-- | t2_1f0pq88i | Fake news | null | 0 | 1546230247 | False | 0 | ecx963c | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx963c/ | 1548296738 | 0 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Tyrilean | t2_t01kb | Yeah, but they'll get you fired and replaced with a few contractors that cost half as much, and by the time everything goes to shit they'll have already used the clout they got from saving all that money to get promoted to move to another company. That's how the game is played. | null | 0 | 1546230575 | False | 0 | ecx9j4k | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecw45ct | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecx9j4k/ | 1548296899 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | pheonixblade9 | t2_4zcgr | I ask people to write me an autocomplete. | null | 0 | 1546230804 | False | 0 | ecx9ruf | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvvuio | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx9ruf/ | 1548297036 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | It's really up to the interviewer. My gf does interviews for Azure applicants. She decides how much whiteboarding there will or won't be when she looks at their resumes. | null | 0 | 1546230958 | False | 0 | ecx9y36 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvv4uw | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecx9y36/ | 1548297112 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Arxae | t2_6elgl | [For your convenience](https://youtu.be/yuVx4QI6fIM) (Originally linked by /u/drunkandy)
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False | wizzanker | t2_ao6k1 | This sounds like the interview process we have been using for years. Glad to know we were ahead of the curve... Or MS is just now getting with the times :) | null | 0 | 1546231079 | False | 0 | ecxa313 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxa313/ | 1548297174 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Im12AndWatIsThis | t2_4ed2d | Yeah, I won’t defend the interviewer here. I was just trying to clarify terminology | null | 0 | 1546231305 | False | 0 | ecxacaa | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwz131 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxacaa/ | 1548297288 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | well___duh | t2_3avlb53 | I said 3 questions, not 3 interviews. So yeah, amongst the 5 interviews I had and all the questions there were, literally only 3 of them were directly related to the job position. It seriously made me think if I even applied for the right job and I did, but it was a joke that so little of the interview portion had anything to do directly with the job itself. | null | 0 | 1546231345 | False | 0 | ecxadv9 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx0lig | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxadv9/ | 1548297307 | 7 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1546231388 | 1546661880 | 0 | ecxafnb | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvx0wy | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxafnb/ | 1548297329 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | grauenwolf | t2_570j | >
>
>
> when we find a concern that is impossible to test in isolation (e.g. cross-process communication), refactor so it becomes easy to test in isolation
LOL.
Tell me another one. | null | 0 | 1546231495 | False | 0 | ecxajxw | t3_aaqrzi | null | null | t1_ecx6k5t | /r/programming/comments/aaqrzi/stages_of_tdd/ecxajxw/ | 1548297382 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | jbristow | t2_45z4n | I disagree.
My go-to “mid-level-skill-bar” question is: using whatever language you’re most comfortable with, give me a program that returns the sum of all numbers under 100 that are a multiple of seven or three.
Tier one: a loop and some if statements.
Tier two: a list comprehension
Tier three: figuring out that a O(1) solution may exist.
Tier “heard it before/math prof”: I know the formula. (In which case I tell them to do it with an arbitrary number of numbers for the multiples) | null | 0 | 1546231503 | False | 0 | ecxak9t | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwo4jz | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxak9t/ | 1548297386 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | ubernostrum | t2_1s6u | > Practice shows that people who are good at these are usually good developers.
Citation needed.
Especially because the evidence seems to point the other way: the skillset that makes someone good at quickly solving coding problems under pressure... [correlates negatively -- according to Google -- with being good on the job as a developer](http://www.catonmat.net/blog/programming-competitions-work-performance/).
> top companies do not care as much about losing a good candidate as they do about hiring a bad one
This is at least true, but it's also a problem. Let's stick to shaming Google, because they've inspired so much terrible crap in tech interviewing! Did you know that once upon a time [a Google recruiter got "no hire" back on an every one of a set of packets, and then told the hiring committee they'd just voted not to hire themselves](https://youtu.be/r8RxkpUvxK0?t=530)? That's right, a recruiter handed the hiring committee members their own lightly-anonymized interview packets, and they voted "no hire".
But worse than that: there are *maybe* ten companies in the world that can afford to just throw away qualified candidates over and over and over and over, because those companies get so inundated with applicants that they'll find another qualified person about five minutes later. It's statistically unlikely that *your* company is one of those, so designing (or, let's be blunt: copying) an interview process to produce a high false-negative rate is going to leave you in the "why can't we find qualified people" quagmire. Hint: you found qualified people, and then rejected them because you thought you were Google and could get away with it. | null | 0 | 1546231510 | False | 0 | ecxakk7 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvxdij | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxakk7/ | 1548297390 | 14 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | grauenwolf | t2_570j | >
> all the other testing we do (incl. fuzzing) is about testing our process, not about testing the code. If they find a defect, we repair the process that produced code with this issue.
Just to be clear, I do applaud your focus on root cause analysis and improving processes that led to the bugs in the first place. | null | 0 | 1546231583 | False | 0 | ecxankl | t3_aaqrzi | null | null | t1_ecx6k5t | /r/programming/comments/aaqrzi/stages_of_tdd/ecxankl/ | 1548297427 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | jbristow | t2_45z4n | You see one lisp or ML inspired language, you’ve seen then all. I mean, Clojure isn’t all that much different than ruby. | null | 0 | 1546231671 | False | 0 | ecxar4j | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx7br4 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxar4j/ | 1548297471 | 5 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | goochadamg | t2_5klkf | Unicode does definitely require "parsing". I don't think the distinction you're making is correct or even useful. | null | 0 | 1546231722 | False | 0 | ecxat8n | t3_aawt2w | null | null | t1_ecwvh3n | /r/programming/comments/aawt2w/what_is_a_binary_file/ecxat8n/ | 1548297497 | 5 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | trevdak2 | t2_32ecf | >to make sure candidates have the actual skills to do the job
Welp, there go my chances of getting a job at microsoft. | null | 0 | 1546231738 | False | 0 | ecxatur | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxatur/ | 1548297505 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1546231948 | 1546661879 | 0 | ecxb2ef | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwo8p3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxb2ef/ | 1548297639 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Osirus1156 | t2_4qgjy | Wow this sounds like a super fun and chill way to interview. Especially considering you’d learn so much more from that day about someone, like if they’re nice or not, or can work with people easily.
Here’s to hoping the whiteboard interview and random riddle interviews did quickly and something like this is implemented in more places! I’m not sure if many places would share as much information, but you could craft a similar scenario I bet! | null | 0 | 1546231978 | False | 0 | ecxb3j3 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxb3j3/ | 1548297653 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | gsunday | t2_dnecm | Can you elaborate on 2 & 3? | null | 0 | 1546232200 | False | 0 | ecxbcj9 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxak9t | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxbcj9/ | 1548297765 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | raarts | t2_4bv56 | What is the balance in my bank account? | null | 0 | 1546232207 | False | 0 | ecxbctl | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwo4jz | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxbctl/ | 1548297769 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | goochadamg | t2_5klkf | Refactoring isn't really a thing with construction. You can only rebuild. Refactoring isn't rebuilding. | null | 0 | 1546232235 | False | 0 | ecxbe0d | t3_ab1wu7 | null | null | t1_ecwxgda | /r/programming/comments/ab1wu7/the_limited_red_society_why_you_should_try_to/ecxbe0d/ | 1548297783 | 7 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Osirus1156 | t2_4qgjy | Where do you work by chance? | null | 0 | 1546232243 | False | 0 | ecxbecz | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwiygf | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxbecz/ | 1548297788 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | snowman4415 | t2_4ezy3 | That was pretty neat | null | 0 | 1546232328 | False | 0 | ecxbhqr | t3_ab14yf | null | null | t3_ab14yf | /r/programming/comments/ab14yf/a_deep_dive_into_the_world_of_dos_viruses/ecxbhqr/ | 1548297829 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | nikofeyn | t2_6gxn7 | try f#. it is based on ocaml which was an expansion of sml, and all three languages are nicer than haskell in my opinion. f#, especially since it has oop, will feel very similar to python, but it’s functional features and type system will provide a lot of things to learn. to me, f# beats python in every category except in available libraries. | null | 0 | 1546232404 | False | 0 | ecxbkvu | t3_aavxpp | null | null | t1_ecvuear | /r/programming/comments/aavxpp/advent_of_haskell_thoughts_and_lessons_learned/ecxbkvu/ | 1548297868 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1546232478 | False | 0 | ecxbnwb | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx4m6y | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxbnwb/ | 1548297905 | 12 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | LiveRealNow | t2_4a58r | That's about where I am. Company doesn't have an office. I've never met my boss or coworkers. I'm at a comfortable place on the salary bell curve.
It would take a big pay bump to get me to leave. | null | 0 | 1546232738 | False | 0 | ecxbyg7 | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecw02dp | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxbyg7/ | 1548298036 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | dead10ck | t2_8it2g | >A few years ago, they tried to implement a lower bar for mobile engineers so that "mobile-only" engineers can't jump to the general roles, and the mobile teams essentially revolted so that went away.
What exactly was the objection? | null | 0 | 1546232830 | False | 0 | ecxc1yx | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx0lig | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxc1yx/ | 1548298080 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | VectorDotZero | t2_aovol | > You can pretty easily fix someones bad coding practices
Haha what? Have you ever argued with someone in a code review before? | null | 0 | 1546232993 | False | 0 | ecxc8o9 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwjb8e | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxc8o9/ | 1548298162 | 6 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | jbristow | t2_45z4n | 2 is just using something like `fold`
In kotlin it’s `(1 until 100).sumBy { if ((it%7)==0) || (it%3)==0) it else 0 }`
This actually starts you down the path of the constant time solution of #3.
If you ever see a series of numbers increasing at a constant rate, you can probably do cool math with them!
Consider the following:
(3, 6, 9, 18, 21 ... 99)
Now, consider it as:
sum(3x) where x in (1 to 99)
One more step:
3 * sum(x) where x in (1 to 33)
Aha! Sum(x) is one of those trivia question answers! It’s the easiest to remember partial sum formula! The sum of the first n integers is `n*(n+1)/2`!
So we have one chunk of the answer as a constant time operation now: `3*33*34/2`
There are two more chunks to figure out.
(Now full disclosure here, all I’m looking for is that the candidate be comfortable enough in some language to give me an If statement or two. This is why I steer the smarty pants like me to the slightly more complicated “given a list of numbers, give me the sum of all numbers under 100 that are a multiple of any of the numbers in the list”. Pretty much everything else about their knowledge can be gotten from conversation. 80% of my vote comes from feeling like you understand how to google error messages and aren’t a slave to the WAY IT MUST BE SO, like a lot of java people I interview tend to be for some reason) | null | 0 | 1546233241 | False | 0 | ecxcin6 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxbcj9 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxcin6/ | 1548298316 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Mancobbler | t2_y22da | Ah, makes sense. That’s kinda what I had in my head but didn’t have the words to articulate. Thank you! | null | 0 | 1546233309 | False | 0 | ecxclcl | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx6m4f | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxclcl/ | 1548298350 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | ninefourtwo | t2_caseq | With an expiry date an no easy way to automate?
Maybe this is paid hosting and the man wants to save a few dollars, seems like a waste of compute to dwcrypt/encrypt blogs | null | 0 | 1546233322 | False | 0 | ecxclvl | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecw3bnd | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxclvl/ | 1548298357 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | LiveRealNow | t2_4a58r | Yeah, I'm currently the second youngest person at my company, and I just turned 40. | null | 0 | 1546233402 | False | 0 | ecxcp2w | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecvupci | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxcp2w/ | 1548298395 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | irish_throwaway_1 | t2_fqmvy | How is reversing a linked list not relevant? Microsoft even writes several libraries that contain linked lists, and it's an almost trivial algorithm. Point pong balls in a 747, sure it's wacky and had no real application to the job, but I'd think dead simple algorithms are fair game. | null | 0 | 1546233423 | False | 0 | ecxcpwz | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxcpwz/ | 1548298406 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Z01C | t2_14pmwxqz | > thinks before writing code
I suspect what you mean by this is diving into boilerplate code before thinking through the problem, rather than thinking through the problem via code by sketching down some ideas. | null | 0 | 1546233436 | False | 0 | ecxcqf2 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwglq3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxcqf2/ | 1548298411 | 8 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | FellowFellow22 | t2_13jo1n | Especially strange because Apache Spark isn't a hot buzzword. I kind of understand when I get told to make things in React or whatever the flavor of the month Javascript framework is. | null | 0 | 1546233462 | False | 0 | ecxcrgc | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwz131 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxcrgc/ | 1548298425 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | stack-compression | t2_1w1eet1b | There's nothing civilized about Japanese or EU salaries. | null | 0 | 1546233478 | False | 0 | ecxcs2t | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecvokzw | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxcs2t/ | 1548298433 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | HdjsgKd | t2_2qeji7j0 | This is the epitome of human endeavour. | null | 0 | 1546233702 | False | 0 | ecxd0vk | t3_ab42kn | null | null | t3_ab42kn | /r/programming/comments/ab42kn/neural_network_genetic_algorithm_ai_master_of/ecxd0vk/ | 1548298541 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | stack-compression | t2_1w1eet1b | I have the exact opposite reaction to this - it was an honest take, and I am glad the blogger was secure enough about it to admit he only had 25 days experience in the language he was using.
Besides some people never bother to learn the language they use properly, even after multiple years. | null | 0 | 1546233766 | False | 0 | ecxd38e | t3_aavxpp | null | null | t1_ecvectw | /r/programming/comments/aavxpp/advent_of_haskell_thoughts_and_lessons_learned/ecxd38e/ | 1548298570 | 6 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | CallinCthulhu | t2_293595i | Nobody who gives FizzBuzz thinks it is some “super-secret” test of advanced programming knowledge, they just want to see if you are lying on your resume or bullshitted/cheated your way through college.
Any student who has taken a couple of compsci classes should be able to knock it out fairly easily. | null | 0 | 1546233915 | False | 0 | ecxd8v7 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwwurr | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxd8v7/ | 1548298641 | 91 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | way2lazy2care | t2_94fry | Yea man. There are sooooo many CS problems that are already solved or made much easier by language features. Knowing what your code is actually doing is a huge part of solving problems better. | null | 0 | 1546233986 | False | 0 | ecxdbj6 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwyog9 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxdbj6/ | 1548298674 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | ObjectiveClimate | t2_xjw81i3 | I've worked for 2 "big ones" before in sil val, and it is as retarded as it sounds.
I now work (and own shares) in a fintech startup (doing very well).
Being in an environment where even your smallest decision actually matters financially speaking for the company really let you cut through all the fucking bullshit. | null | 0 | 1546234126 | False | 0 | ecxdgqk | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxbecz | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxdgqk/ | 1548298738 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | FrozenAsss | t2_2u5lrwd3 | This is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. Why don't you do that now then? Must suck to live most of your life doing something you don't like. | null | 0 | 1546234461 | False | 0 | ecxdto6 | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecwdrgr | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxdto6/ | 1548298927 | -2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Hxfhjkl | t2_12tw9s | Well once you have seen them yes, but coming from only knowing a bunch of OOP languages it won't be all that obvious. | null | 0 | 1546234481 | False | 0 | ecxduez | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxar4j | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxduez/ | 1548298936 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | dacian88 | t2_495ze | > 1) Fairly doubt it
senior SRE with a pretty substantial resume at the worlds top tech companies vs a random anon on the internet.
> 2) Even if she were, how is that relevant, do you figure?
Questioning someone's credentials even though the blog actually supports both http and https. | null | 0 | 1546234504 | False | 0 | ecxdvb1 | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecw39u2 | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxdvb1/ | 1548298947 | 0 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Mi_Hyung_Lo | t2_fbcxlkz | You don't need to spend 50k on a cs degree. Western Governors University is all online and nowhere near that cost. You can also get a cs degree from the University of London through Coursera . Iirc both are under 20k | null | 0 | 1546234628 | False | 0 | ecxe082 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvxnfy | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxe082/ | 1548299008 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | red75prim | t2_60lnx | > you don’t need that to print a single string.
But if you need to print two strings, you need do-notation. And if you think of it as a way to sequence operations, you're thinking it wrong. | null | 0 | 1546234808 | False | 0 | ecxe7ek | t3_aavxpp | null | null | t1_ecvqm78 | /r/programming/comments/aavxpp/advent_of_haskell_thoughts_and_lessons_learned/ecxe7ek/ | 1548299097 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Zhentar | t2_dtvsp | It says right in the linked post what it is - file system minifilters. Windows maintains a stack of kernel drivers that can intercept and alter file system interaction. I currently have 7 of them running on my laptop; they're how antivirus software detect file system activity, how OneDrive makes cloud-only files appear to be in my file system (and download them if necessary), how WSL makes Linux paths work on a Windows file system. Even when these drivers are blazing fast (which the non-antivirus ones often are), it sets an intrinsic minimum cost much higher than Linux has; the OS can't cache & reuse the results of file system operations because it has to call into the driver black boxes. | null | 0 | 1546234889 | False | 0 | ecxeaow | t3_aalc4n | null | null | t1_ect4c03 | /r/programming/comments/aalc4n/windows_file_access_performance_compared_to_linux/ecxeaow/ | 1548299137 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | windsostrange | t2_4feus | And it immediately veers brutally misogynist. Yep! Pretty accurate. | null | 0 | 1546235004 | False | 0 | ecxefex | t3_aaxlm1 | null | null | t1_ecx917x | /r/programming/comments/aaxlm1/because_im_dumb_i_write_better_code/ecxefex/ | 1548299196 | -7 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | feverzsj | t2_tdfgz | no, and that's why we now have sites like leetcode. Any other job requires a dedicated large scale world wide site for interview questions? | null | 0 | 1546235238 | False | 0 | ecxeonq | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxeonq/ | 1548299310 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | tjl73 | t2_g95ad | Well, it depends. I interviewed for an engineering position at Google X that was a mix of mechanical engineering and programming. The programming part of the interview was simple, but they asked me to basically derive and solve a fluid mechanics problem in a Google doc with no references. It basically required you to know specific formulas, otherwise you spend most of your time deriving them and it wasn't like the formulas they expected you to know were common. I figured that after the pre-screen test that made me solve a specific problem that I wouldn't have to do something like that in an interview.
I think that even worse that actually trying to do the problem was trying to type it out on the fly in Google docs. It's not like it's suited for writing out complex math quickly. There's a reason I either use a physical log book or an iPad with an Apple Pencil to work out math. | null | 0 | 1546235336 | False | 0 | ecxeshu | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecww1h1 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxeshu/ | 1548299358 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | tonefart | t2_ywdx0 | Hmmm... my tool of choice... TASM with TLINK... those were the days. | null | 0 | 1546235743 | False | 0 | ecxf7yo | t3_ab14yf | null | null | t3_ab14yf | /r/programming/comments/ab14yf/a_deep_dive_into_the_world_of_dos_viruses/ecxf7yo/ | 1548299577 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | tjl73 | t2_g95ad | I'm in engineering and it's basically the same for us. There's some basic ones you should know for each area (e.g., basic formulas for stress and strain), but otherwise you should be able to derive the rest.
My supervisor always gave out the formula sheet he was attaching to his exams in advance and told the students that if it wasn't on the sheet, they were expected to be able to derive it (or just know it). All the ones they might need to derive were done either in class or in assignments (that they had full solutions to). | null | 0 | 1546235775 | False | 0 | ecxf96x | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwqzae | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxf96x/ | 1548299593 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | max630 | t2_mwwkl | Is there a text about it? | null | 0 | 1546236092 | False | 0 | ecxfkxi | t3_ab1wu7 | null | null | t3_ab1wu7 | /r/programming/comments/ab1wu7/the_limited_red_society_why_you_should_try_to/ecxfkxi/ | 1548299738 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | akalenuk | t2_dmswf | Well, yes. But the "general case" implies that you don't.
If a code is to live for a decade or two, you should assume that the compiler will change, the hardware will change, and the people maintaining the code will change as well. | null | 0 | 1546236145 | False | 0 | ecxfmpw | t3_aawwgf | null | null | t1_ecwtnwa | /r/programming/comments/aawwgf/using_logical_operators_for_logical_operations_is/ecxfmpw/ | 1548299760 | 11 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | hm_10 | t2_lie1h | This should be printed and pinned on the walls of interviewers' cubes, and made mandatory reading every time they conduct an interview. | null | 0 | 1546236216 | False | 0 | ecxfp45 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwglq3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxfp45/ | 1548299790 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | PleasingFungusBeetle | t2_1433jkfm | A company I used to work for did this too, and one of the big reasons was to literally weed out people that would "laugh at you if you told me to do this". I guess they had a lot of issues with arrogance among engineers who didn't do well in team situations. Not sure how well it actually worked, but the people who went through with it at least seemed more committed to the potential position. And they never completely ruled out people who refused to do it, it was just another personality point to take into consideration. | null | 0 | 1546236476 | False | 0 | ecxfy5w | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwdjre | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxfy5w/ | 1548299902 | 5 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | fii0 | t2_f0ct9 | Neither the dark nor night modes worked for me :( | null | 0 | 1546236579 | False | 0 | ecxg1sz | t3_aavshh | null | null | t3_aavshh | /r/programming/comments/aavshh/github_klaussinanitusk_refined_evernote_desktop/ecxg1sz/ | 1548299947 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Mead_Man | t2_am5y6 | Acheiving idealogical alignment with the target audience versus factual alignment with the natural world.
| null | 0 | 1546236613 | False | 0 | ecxg302 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwujdj | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxg302/ | 1548299961 | 12 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | babombmonkey61 | t2_7jjva | I usually have a hard time following videos that dig deep into assembly but the top notch visuals allowed me to follow everything that was said! Great video! | null | 0 | 1546236825 | 1546333145 | 0 | ecxgae8 | t3_aaxvf8 | null | null | t3_aaxvf8 | /r/programming/comments/aaxvf8/generation_i_pokémon_cries_explained/ecxgae8/ | 1548300082 | 8 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Shashwat_1 | t2_2w69x9ju | I think this new process will affect the no. of candiadtes placed.... | null | 0 | 1546236845 | False | 0 | ecxgb2l | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxgb2l/ | 1548300090 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1546236937 | False | 0 | ecxge5x | t3_ab2ya1 | null | null | t3_ab2ya1 | /r/programming/comments/ab2ya1/bitwise_operators_and_tricks/ecxge5x/ | 1548300128 | 6 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | joequin | t2_3xq0p | That's the best method for Juniors, but it's impractical for anyone mid-level and up. | null | 0 | 1546237059 | False | 0 | ecxgi9q | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx8g26 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxgi9q/ | 1548300180 | 42 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | psychicsword | t2_3fsk5 | This is why I give the developer interviewee a laptop with a bunch of IDEs on it and ask them to code a solution to a problem. Ideally they are able to do it in the language we are using now but I can fudge my way through understanding what they write one way or another.
If they want to take a stab at it as if we are pair programming then that is fine, I can ramp up the problem and act the part. If they want to work silently without me being an active member then that is fine too. If they Google anything that is also totally fine. The computer starts up with Chrome launching our recruitment site and stack overflow for a reason.
We then test the thought process side of things by asking them to model one of the systems I worked on and I have refactored twice. With this there really aren't any wrong answers but I want to see how they make assumptions, work with me as a team lead, receive criticism or suggestive, and how they generally work with people whiteboarding out a new system that is down stream of legacy monoliths.
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False | jones1618 | t2_39307 | So, what distinction are you making that is useful? I'm saying that text files are distinctly simple and directly readable without knowing much beyond their encoding. Binary files on the other hand don't make sense unless you know their metadata, structure and formatting. In addition, a byte value in one part of the file (say the header) can mean something completely different than the same byte value in another part (style, color, pixel value, vector shape, etc). Those broad distinctions are much more useful, to me, than technical exceptions that revert to saying "everything's complicated and just binary data anyway, oh, well." | null | 0 | 1546237913 | 1546238276 | 0 | ecxhbj3 | t3_aawt2w | null | null | t1_ecxat8n | /r/programming/comments/aawt2w/what_is_a_binary_file/ecxhbj3/ | 1548300542 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
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