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False | ivquatch | t2_3a6gu | Chappelle reference... bitch. | null | 0 | 1546237951 | False | 0 | ecxhcsu | t3_aaxlm1 | null | null | t1_ecxefex | /r/programming/comments/aaxlm1/because_im_dumb_i_write_better_code/ecxhcsu/ | 1548300557 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | miyakohouou | t2_1yuxm | The problem with the “reverse a linked list” question is that, relevant or not, it’s not enlightening. Any competent developer should be able to implement it, so you’re not leveling a candidate by their ability to solve it. The edge cases are the sorts of things people tend to handwave over or choke up on in interviews, so errors aren’t predictive either. The end result of those factors is a question with weird property that probably don’t align with what you want to hire for.
If you need people who are strong with data structures you’d be far better served with a question that starts with a real business problem with one or more good solutions that require less common data structures, or need some variation on a classic data structure or algorithm. That will give you a sense of how well a candidate understands how to apply cs to a business domain, how they can communicate, etc. | null | 0 | 1546238249 | False | 0 | ecxhmsx | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxcpwz | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxhmsx/ | 1548300710 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | LazyEqual | t2_1o9ouwsk | One thing I've realized over the years is that very smart people who are really good at coding at capable of writing a lot of code, really quickly. They can implement an entire deploy/CI framework in no time. They can incorporate new libraries, write entire new microservices in days, if not hours...
But what happens is they often move right on to the next thing. Or their first cut works, but just on the surface. And "dumb" people like me who are second rate coders are the ones who finally sit down and exercise the edge cases and curse their names.
So the practices OP writes about apply to the smart coders too: they just oftentimes don't realize it because "it just works" (on the surface) too often for their own good. | null | 0 | 1546238301 | False | 0 | ecxhoj2 | t3_aaxlm1 | null | null | t3_aaxlm1 | /r/programming/comments/aaxlm1/because_im_dumb_i_write_better_code/ecxhoj2/ | 1548300731 | 14 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | cdavarice | t2_3z153 | I think Elizabeth Warren's [proposal](https://www.boston.com/news/policy/2018/08/16/elizabeth-warren-capitalism-bill) about responsible capitalism speaks to your comment. If corporations were held to standards about the way the treat their employees and customers in addition to caring about the bottom line, capitalism would be better. | null | 0 | 1546238391 | False | 0 | ecxhrdr | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecvrwba | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxhrdr/ | 1548316012 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | _0110111001101111_ | t2_fqqjo | I was honestly surprised to hear that FizzBuzz is used as a metric. I’ll readily admit that I’m my coding is average at best but are there really people out there who can’t even code fizzbuzz? | null | 0 | 1546238464 | False | 0 | ecxhtnx | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxd8v7 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxhtnx/ | 1548316040 | 34 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1546238606 | False | 0 | ecxhy1a | t3_aavxpp | null | null | t1_ecvp52y | /r/programming/comments/aavxpp/advent_of_haskell_thoughts_and_lessons_learned/ecxhy1a/ | 1548316094 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | tcpukl | t2_zj82n | Both when I interview and interviewee, I prefer to discuss their solution even if they don't come up with one it's not written off. Programming is about finding solutions, not finding the latest trend of a text book answer. | null | 0 | 1546238627 | False | 0 | ecxhyoh | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecw7t64 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxhyoh/ | 1548316101 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | tcpukl | t2_zj82n | I've never even heard of spark after working for 20+ years in the industry. | null | 0 | 1546238736 | False | 0 | ecxi248 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwz131 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxi248/ | 1548316145 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | latigidigital | t2_7j84i | A man after my own heart. | null | 0 | 1546238996 | False | 0 | ecxiab3 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwy5jc | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxiab3/ | 1548316246 | 12 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | manpacket | t2_9wf33 | How about "for Applicative shape of the result depends on shape of arguments and can't depend on values of arguments". | null | 0 | 1546239183 | False | 0 | ecxigff | t3_aai5ap | null | null | t1_ect0fx1 | /r/programming/comments/aai5ap/what_is_a_monad_computerphile/ecxigff/ | 1548316322 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | uw_NB | t2_55mq9 | Personally I had done interviews using these brain teaser questions.We made it clear with the candidates that they are not being tested on problem solving but whether they can communicate the problem clearly and having the right approach. | null | 0 | 1546239383 | False | 0 | ecxin1z | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxin1z/ | 1548316404 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Gotebe | t2_2y75 | Virtually 50-year old here.
"Corporate drudgery" type of job.
Just went back from a holiday with a family and will go again in March, and will go **again** for Easter.
I am looking at my superior and his superiors and their jobs are **shite**. I mean fine, everybody likes the money, but... doing what they do, eight hours a day?! **really?!**
Also... Cashing out, my hairy arse. Working through life is **fine**. | null | 0 | 1546239387 | False | 0 | ecxin7l | t3_aav9js | null | null | t3_aav9js | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxin7l/ | 1548316405 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Flamewire | t2_6rgnq | pretty sure it's "refer a candidate and you'll get a bonus depending on how far they get," e.g., you get more if they make it to an offer than an onsite than a phone interview. | null | 0 | 1546239610 | False | 0 | ecxiulq | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx25ev | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxiulq/ | 1548316497 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | mrkotfw | t2_bvem7 | Thank you sir. I ask because I'm doing work with hardware that has no modern GPU equivalent. So the heavy lifting has to be done on the CPU.
I'll take a look at those links, thanks. | null | 0 | 1546240031 | False | 0 | ecxj88x | t3_aajb7r | null | null | t1_ecuytr8 | /r/programming/comments/aajb7r/how_doom_fire_was_done/ecxj88x/ | 1548316666 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | flapanther33781 | t2_ani6n | What does this have to do with NSA backdoors, and how do you know it does? | null | 0 | 1546240147 | False | 0 | ecxjbxb | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t3_ab4rmh | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxjbxb/ | 1548316713 | 11 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | btmc | t2_bghj8 | Do you work in data science? If not, that’s no surprise because it’s not your field. | null | 0 | 1546240297 | False | 0 | ecxjgn1 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxi248 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxjgn1/ | 1548316770 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | btmc | t2_bghj8 | In data science, it’s one of the big tools. In addition to the core JVM library there are bindings for many other languages, notably Python and R. | null | 0 | 1546240493 | False | 0 | ecxjmw2 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxcrgc | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxjmw2/ | 1548316878 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | TheNakedGod | t2_by0by | Very low barrier to entry to weed out people who are lying. It's a lot easier to have someone do it before an interview and save time, because even a mediocre dev can do it in about 20min.
Most recently we had a guy spend two hours trying and failing at it continuously, even with hints from us, and he got removed from the list of candidates after the first 30min. | null | 0 | 1546240639 | False | 0 | ecxjrhf | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxhtnx | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxjrhf/ | 1548316935 | 47 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | khelvaster | t2_5559z | 1. From Blackberry's Dual\_EC\_DRBG patent on how to add a backdoor to any Dual\_EC\_DRBG setup: "Intentional use of escrow keys can provide for back up functionality. The relationship between P and Q is used as an escrow key and stored by for a security domain. The administrator logs the output of the generator to reconstruct the random number with the escrow key. "
2. Dual\_EC\_DRBG is indeed backdoorable: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual\_EC\_DRBG#Weakness:\_a\_potential\_backdoor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG#Weakness:_a_potential_backdoor) | null | 0 | 1546240695 | False | 0 | ecxjt8a | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxjbxb | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxjt8a/ | 1548316957 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | tcpukl | t2_zj82n | Ah no, video games. | null | 0 | 1546240697 | False | 0 | ecxjt9v | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxjgn1 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxjt9v/ | 1548316957 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Okichah | t2_bn203 | What does “think algorithmically” mean? | null | 0 | 1546240908 | False | 0 | ecxjzyg | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwglq3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxjzyg/ | 1548317040 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | WalterBright | t2_1zosa | A binary file is one that requires you to reset your tty after foolishly catting it to the screen. | null | 0 | 1546240956 | False | 0 | ecxk1h4 | t3_aawt2w | null | null | t3_aawt2w | /r/programming/comments/aawt2w/what_is_a_binary_file/ecxk1h4/ | 1548317059 | 28 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | flapanther33781 | t2_ani6n | Alright. I read point #1 but was thinking of the device storing it locally, in a secure way, for its own needs. In reading it again yes, it could be stored off the device, or insecurely.
This is why I'll never get into security. My brain always defaults to assuming things are being done the way you'd thik they ought to be done (in this case, securely). I have to work way too hard at reanalyzing every assumption I make in order to look for loopholes. | null | 0 | 1546241065 | False | 0 | ecxk4v0 | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxjt8a | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxk4v0/ | 1548317101 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | smikims | t2_99ozc | Your complaints about `enable_if_t` and type trait checking are why concepts will be a thing in C++20. | null | 0 | 1546241177 | False | 0 | ecxk82t | t3_aac4hg | null | null | t1_ecw7ezi | /r/programming/comments/aac4hg/modern_c_lamentations/ecxk82t/ | 1548317141 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | garfipus | t2_4gxou | I believe OP is suffering under a common myth that all of elliptic curve cryptography, or all implementations of Dual_EC_DRBG contains a backdoor, because the NIST standard for Dual_EC_DRBG recommended two constants the NSA created to allow prediction of the output.
Of course, simply changing the constants would restore (or worsen, if you chose poorly) the desired strength of the RNG. Claim 14 in the patent explicitly states how the EC constants can be chosen in a way that weakens the output and that the inventors wish to mitigate that. In fact, this patent is for a EC RNG implementation that is resistant to such attacks. It makes no specific recommendations for constant values, so the idea the patent itself is for a "backdoor" is also mistaken. | null | 0 | 1546241178 | 1546241361 | 0 | ecxk84n | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxjbxb | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxk84n/ | 1548317142 | 38 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | beginner_ | t2_cnvyz | No. It's about not being able to choose the best candidate. | null | 0 | 1546241185 | False | 0 | ecxk8bj | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecwlv6z | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxk8bj/ | 1548317144 | -1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | beginner_ | t2_cnvyz | Sure yeah. If it makes you sleep better. | null | 0 | 1546241273 | False | 0 | ecxkauj | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecwan5c | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxkauj/ | 1548317175 | 0 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | mikew_reddit | t2_h0ea9 | > Any student who has taken a couple of compsci classes should be able to knock it out fairly easily.
The reason fizzbuzz exists is that a very significant number of people applying for software development positions cannot properly complete a fizzbuzz question in an interview setting. | null | 0 | 1546241445 | False | 0 | ecxkfuy | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxd8v7 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxkfuy/ | 1548317237 | 52 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | flapanther33781 | t2_ani6n | Fair, but it does leave open the possibility, and I know the government has lobbied multiple companies to get them to use less secure implementations. | null | 0 | 1546241544 | False | 0 | ecxkive | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxk84n | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxkive/ | 1548317274 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | _0110111001101111_ | t2_fqqjo | Fair enough - that makes sense. And jeez, 2 hours? | null | 0 | 1546241587 | False | 0 | ecxkk6o | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxjrhf | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxkk6o/ | 1548317291 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | mikew_reddit | t2_h0ea9 | > Yeah, I had an interview with Microsoft and they wanted me to make a red black tree from memory on a whiteboard,
It's easier to ask someone to implement a well known algorithm than to determine if they have aptitude and intelligence for software development.
| null | 0 | 1546241697 | False | 0 | ecxknk5 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwaogb | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxknk5/ | 1548317332 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | kankyo | t2_77w4q | Depends on the work. Certainly it's high stakes. A car with broken brakes can literally kill someone. | null | 0 | 1546241770 | False | 0 | ecxkpsn | t3_aaxmml | null | null | t1_ecw7ul9 | /r/programming/comments/aaxmml/the_next_big_bluecollar_job_is_coding/ecxkpsn/ | 1548317360 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Madmushroom | t2_5s98x | >I gave him a solution but he was hell bent on using a spark like solution
spoiler, thats the only solution he knows and understands in the context of the interview | null | 0 | 1546241922 | 1546242763 | 0 | ecxkuim | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecw7t64 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxkuim/ | 1548317449 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | kankyo | t2_77w4q | Ok. But you didn't write the original quote right? | null | 0 | 1546241973 | False | 0 | ecxkvzx | t3_aaxmml | null | null | t1_ecw8ezf | /r/programming/comments/aaxmml/the_next_big_bluecollar_job_is_coding/ecxkvzx/ | 1548317467 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | BlackDeath3 | t2_6rr1q | > thinks before writing code
Do you mind if I ask why this matters? | null | 0 | 1546242029 | False | 0 | ecxkxoo | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwglq3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxkxoo/ | 1548317488 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | slaigai | t2_23f9co9q | Seeking guidance:
I’ve wanted to do a project of my own like this but never figured out how to control browser games programmatically (e.g. 2048). Is there a way to simulate input in my browser using python? Do I need to create my own bootleg version of these games? | null | 0 | 1546242062 | False | 0 | ecxkyoy | t3_ab42kn | null | null | t3_ab42kn | /r/programming/comments/ab42kn/neural_network_genetic_algorithm_ai_master_of/ecxkyoy/ | 1548317500 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | sissyheartbreak | t2_cuh9i | There is a faulty idea here that we know exactly the code to write and thus if it compiles to equivalent code, then the only factor is speed. Compilers that take longer typically do more, and do things like checking/proving the safety and correctness of your code. Of course compiler speed is a metric but claiming that compilers like rust give you nothing is disingenuous.
Code with good static types takes longer to compile but you also have fewer debugging runs because it works. | null | 0 | 1546242112 | False | 0 | ecxl07o | t3_aalgpq | null | null | t3_aalgpq | /r/programming/comments/aalgpq/it_is_fast_or_it_is_wrong/ecxl07o/ | 1548317519 | 0 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | veske | t2_dceyc | Move to a different country that actually cares about its citizens education? Where I live university is free and everyone can take the chance and attempt it. 90% drop out in first half of the year usually but At least they cannot say that life is unfrair. They where given a chance and they didn’t use it. | null | 0 | 1546242485 | False | 0 | ecxlbbr | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvxnfy | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxlbbr/ | 1548317656 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | munchbunny | t2_51tnj | It's also unclear whether this process is just for product managers (in the blog post) or also developers. | null | 0 | 1546242640 | False | 0 | ecxlfwt | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx4m6y | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxlfwt/ | 1548317713 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | garfipus | t2_4gxou | Cryptographic escrow was a big thing 15 years ago or so and any number of companies made escrow products targeted at corporate IT. Blackberries were heavily deployed in corporate environments at this time and it was a selling point to business administrators that a device could be accessed by management while still being encrypted against attackers. In fact, one of the reasons to use BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) was that each enrolled device would get a known master encryption key held by the company. Nowadays, if an employee left with an encrypted device, you'd remote wipe it and get the data off of the internal servers. Not so easy back then, especially if the employee was using their PC to sync data ad-hoc and you had to get it back off of the device. | null | 0 | 1546242769 | False | 0 | ecxljs2 | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxkive | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxljs2/ | 1548317760 | 7 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | fantasticpotatobeard | t2_erug6zr | I get the intention behind it but FizzBuzz is dumb and should be replaced with an equivalent test. It requires knowledge of the modulus operator which for 99% of normal CRUD/app development you don't need. I'd say that there'd be a decent proportion of perfectly adequate software developers who have never used modulus, not to say they couldn't figure it out quickly. | null | 1 | 1546242958 | False | 0 | ecxlpc5 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxhtnx | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxlpc5/ | 1548317829 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | trenobus | t2_31xj4 | Writing documentation is definitely an art, and there used to be people who were good at it, until it got folded into the job of software developer in our unending quest for efficiency. I've been programming long enough to remember when most of the documentation I used was produced by professional technical writers. The skills that make a good technical writer only slightly overlap the skills that make a good programmer. There's art involved in both, but it's not the same kind of art.
Many of the popular open-source libraries and frameworks of today would be impossible to use without stackoverflow. Often what I find with developer-written documentation is that it is just enough to demonstrate that their code actually works, but not enough to use more than a fraction of its capabilities without actually reading the code or going begging on stackoverflow. I don't blame the programmers who developed the code - after all, they've made it available for free.
The problem is the notion that everything should be free as in beer, which should be distinct from the idea of open source. Everybody loves free stuff of course. But from where I'm sitting, it looks like we're getting what we paid for.
That said, if you're a developer who's responsible for writing your own documentation, the best advice I can offer is this: write the documentation first, then the code. Then iterate: documentation, code, until you feel like they're describing the same thing. And second, examples are nice, but are far from sufficient in many cases. Likewise API docs auto-generated from code comments are may suffice in lieu of an actual reference manual, but they rarely provide the information one would hope to find in a user manual. Documentation first, user manuals, reference manuals - that's all crazy of course - no one has time for that.
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False | franzwong | t2_5ysgs | Perhaps it's only me. I don't like interview day. Spending a whole day with stranger who judges you every second, I always get exhausted after that. | null | 0 | 1546243027 | False | 0 | ecxlrf9 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxlrf9/ | 1548317855 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | SarahC | t2_396xl | & 3 isn't even needed, the Math.round and *4 would work fine. | null | 0 | 1546243115 | False | 0 | ecxltvs | t3_aajb7r | null | null | t1_ecv6y12 | /r/programming/comments/aajb7r/how_doom_fire_was_done/ecxltvs/ | 1548317885 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | goochadamg | t2_5klkf | I don't think the distinction is useful from a pragmatic standpoint.
Ok, you have "binary" and "text" files ... so what? And? The format of a file matters regardless. Either way you need some kind of parser. | null | 0 | 1546243141 | False | 0 | ecxlujj | t3_aawt2w | null | null | t1_ecxhbj3 | /r/programming/comments/aawt2w/what_is_a_binary_file/ecxlujj/ | 1548317894 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | mckeankylej | t2_15c8ms | IIRC you don’t even need modulus just keep three counters one for every three one for every five and one for every fifteen. | null | 0 | 1546243240 | False | 0 | ecxlwym | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxlpc5 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxlwym/ | 1548317923 | 14 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Somepotato | t2_61zcz | I'd love to move to a country that actually cares about its citizens period. | null | 0 | 1546243266 | False | 0 | ecxlxm1 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxlbbr | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxlxm1/ | 1548317932 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | [deleted] | null | 1 | 1546243410 | False | 0 | ecxm15y | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxgi9q | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxm15y/ | 1548318006 | -2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | [deleted] | None | Wait, am I wrong or is 20 minutes REALLY long for fizzbuzz?
The first time I heard about fizzbuzz, I was 16 and had been coding for less than a year. I decided to time myself. I don't remember the exact time, but it was less than 5 minutes. | null | 0 | 1546243481 | False | 0 | ecxm2uz | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxjrhf | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxm2uz/ | 1548318027 | 49 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Rkey_ | t2_xur0n | This is amazing! :D | null | 0 | 1546243484 | False | 0 | ecxm2y0 | t3_aaxvf8 | null | null | t3_aaxvf8 | /r/programming/comments/aaxvf8/generation_i_pokémon_cries_explained/ecxm2y0/ | 1548318028 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | khelvaster | t2_5559z | |the idea the patent itself is for a "backdoor" is also mistaken.
Incorrect: The patent's abstract actually concludes with the utility of this backdoor, "The administrator logs the output of the generator to reconstruct the random number with the escrow key."
| Claim 14 in the patent explicitly states how the EC constants can be chosen in a way that weakens the output and that the inventors wish to mitigate that.
Nonsense. Claim 14 in the patent states, " **14**. A method according to claim 13 wherein said one way function is a hash function."
| In fact, this patent is for a EC RNG implementation that is resistant to such attacks.
The opposite actually. The patent's list of claims ends with: "\[S\]toring said relationship as an escrow key with an administrator"--setting up the backdoor attack. | null | 1 | 1546243547 | False | 0 | ecxm4f2 | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxk84n | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxm4f2/ | 1548318046 | -3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | feedayeen | t2_bfayt | An asset internship means that you're just on a variation of prohibition where we are even less confident about retaining you after 3 months.
Nobody who has a full time SE job that is not a absolute shitstorm is going to quit their company for a 3 month internship which has a good chance of not taking them on full-time. | null | 0 | 1546243885 | False | 0 | ecxmcni | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxm15y | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxmcni/ | 1548318148 | 20 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | garfipus | t2_4gxou | An escrow key and a weak constant allowing the random number stream to be secretly predicted are different things. The NSA developed weak constants for an implementation of EC random number generation and wanted to keep it secret.
As I said in another post, cryptographic escrow was an advertised feature of Blackberry products so its unsurprising they would patent various ways of doing it. A backdoor is hidden. Patenting something is public disclosure. | null | 0 | 1546244025 | False | 0 | ecxmgbh | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxm4f2 | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxmgbh/ | 1548318193 | 6 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | rack88 | t2_1mljr | To be fair, the type of interviewing we've come to expect from the Googles, Microsofts, and Amazons of the world are crazy-rigorous. When I was a fresh computer engineer out of college and interviewed for a software engineering job with Lockheed a decade ago (mind that this was a 2nd level of interviewing), I literally was brought into town for an interview at the end of a work-day and asked to explain what I had done that was in my resume, they then asked a few questions, and that was it. A few days later I got the job - it was one of the most fun, challenging, and educational jobs I've had over the years and I still chuckle to think how fun it was to get paid to stay overnight in a hotel room with its own hot tub just to read off my resume to my future bosses & coworkers (I was expecting a rigorous problem-based interview). | null | 0 | 1546244117 | False | 0 | ecxmixk | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwcok8 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxmixk/ | 1548318225 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | DingDongMcDingle | t2_1vbknaur | My Dad worked at Microsoft and he told me he would always ask them to design a clock, just a simple clock, to see how the person thinks.
Always thought it was interesting but weird. | null | 0 | 1546244191 | False | 0 | ecxml4l | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxml4l/ | 1548318253 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | vattenpuss | t2_brzia | And to know what you are doing, measure. | null | 0 | 1546244339 | False | 0 | ecxmpgg | t3_aawwgf | null | null | t1_ecwtnwa | /r/programming/comments/aawwgf/using_logical_operators_for_logical_operations_is/ecxmpgg/ | 1548318306 | 5 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | eu_career | t2_2njcxxc4 | Yes? It is pretty easy to say "I wont accept this style of code no matter what, here are some resources describing what I expect from you", then they shape up quickly since even brilliant jerks don't want to lose their job. | null | 0 | 1546244444 | False | 0 | ecxmsix | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxc8o9 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxmsix/ | 1548318344 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | kankyo | t2_77w4q | As opposed to what? Turning off gravity while you work? All depends on what you mean by functional. | null | 0 | 1546244481 | False | 0 | ecxmtl1 | t3_ab1wu7 | null | null | t1_ecwxgda | /r/programming/comments/ab1wu7/the_limited_red_society_why_you_should_try_to/ecxmtl1/ | 1548318357 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | RiOrius | t2_42tx7 | Yeah, there is a true version of what the author is saying, but they either don't understand it or didn't express it well. | null | 0 | 1546244568 | False | 0 | ecxmw50 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwrj09 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxmw50/ | 1548318389 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | feedayeen | t2_bfayt | Seems like they were trying to figure out how to get the gluge of bootcamp students in their pipeline. Allow an easier interview process specific to say Android dev which doesn't require 3rd year CS topics that they never saw before but wouldn't need if you have a more limited job scope. | null | 0 | 1546244576 | False | 0 | ecxmwdd | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxc1yx | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxmwdd/ | 1548318392 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | VectorDotZero | t2_aovol | You must be in college. | null | 0 | 1546244602 | False | 0 | ecxmx34 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxmsix | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxmx34/ | 1548318402 | -3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | CarlosNoveron | t2_4v3rin1 | High usability is within Torvalds' scope, so yes, it's Linux's problem. Although, I do think his obsession with building a high-end kernel is incompatible with that goal. But it certainly has nothing to do with Gnome. It's the fact that open-source software development doesn't drive as much cash flow as closed-source ventures. Linux devs are normally passionate but austere computer scientists. They don't focus on paving up the way for user masses, as they're clearly not paid nor motivated to do so. | null | 0 | 1546244608 | False | 0 | ecxmxa6 | t3_9cfqw5 | null | null | t1_e5agooe | /r/programming/comments/9cfqw5/terry_davis_templeos_brutal_take_down_of_linus/ecxmxa6/ | 1548318403 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | kankyo | t2_77w4q | "Stuff" is already plural, don't put an s after it. | null | 0 | 1546244663 | False | 0 | ecxmysn | t3_aayj7p | null | null | t3_aayj7p | /r/programming/comments/aayj7p/2018_my_year_end_programming_retrospective_my/ecxmysn/ | 1548318423 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | eu_career | t2_2njcxxc4 | No, I work for Google and this works very well, basically everyone adapts quickly to it. | null | 0 | 1546244940 | False | 0 | ecxn6ks | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxmx34 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxn6ks/ | 1548318518 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | dirkt | t2_3jk43 | No, *that's* the wrong question.
Monads are just a bit of structure, like other mathematical abstractions (e.g. vector spaces, groups). Or maybe think of other abstractions, like design patterns. Their advantage is that whenever you come across something and realize "oh, it's just an instance of this pattern/structure", you now have a mental toolset how to approach this something.
People are reinventing stuff that is a monad all the time. And solving problems with it. They just call it "futures", "promises", "error handling", "non-deterministic programming", "parser DSLs", etc. And often implement it in some way so it's not that obvious it's a monad. Once you understand that all these things follow the same "design pattern", the next time you want to solve a similar problem, it goes much quicker.
That's all.
So people have plenty of problems that monads solve. And they solve it, without knowing they are using monads. (After all, "monad" is a scary word. And something abstract that has no real applications.).
And mainstream programming languages start to use it. Of course they don't call it monads (because that's a scary word), but have you seen all those `flatMap`s that have appeared in Java recently (or less recently)? This is just a monadic bind.
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False | DownvoteGargler | t2_kkvrm | I am an engineer at Microsoft. They don't have a "developer division". The company is organized by product line. Also my interview day - 5 rounds - was basically straight out of "Cracking the Coding Interview" and was stupidly hard compared to the actual work. This was a few months ago. | null | 0 | 1546245153 | False | 0 | ecxncjo | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxncjo/ | 1548318622 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | MrPhatBob | t2_75jm7 | I've only ever viewed those brain-teasers as a way of telling the candidate how clever they all are at the company. | null | 0 | 1546245220 | False | 0 | ecxneex | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwev3j | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxneex/ | 1548318646 | 5 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | KitchenAstronomer | t2_20u00b26 | Shit Microsoft is turning out to be the best tech company to work for. | null | 0 | 1546245243 | False | 0 | ecxnf29 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxnf29/ | 1548318653 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | CleanInfluence | t2_2tf8xx5i | For me it's great that you have used different languages. I don't understand all those technical and mathematical questions. I've been coding for years and never needed my CS education. The ability to quickly switch from one project/language/framework/API to another is more important IMHO, and globally caring about this "craft": good doc, good commit messages, simple functions...
Most of my interviews went like this: Do you know what a C++ copy constructor is? Yes? You know more than 3/4 of the developers, you're hired. The end. | null | 0 | 1546245441 | False | 0 | ecxnkkj | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx7urn | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxnkkj/ | 1548318722 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | DirdCS | t2_xpx5z | You should get your team to do this style also | null | 0 | 1546245507 | False | 0 | ecxnmee | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecw6ori | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxnmee/ | 1548318744 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | imekon | t2_59bjj | I think I'd fail if you interviewed me. I'm a software engineer of 30+ years experience. I'm a C++/C# developer. I've been a principal software engineer in the past. Labels mean little to me.
I've interviewed once at Microsoft. I failed and left feeling baffled by the interview process. Three guys asked me algorithmic questions that had me struggling to provide answers. I *thought* I was interviewing for a UI coding role but none of that was brought up in interview. I asked about it at the end and was told, "Microsoft is all about algorithms!"
But not about UI?
When the balance of the interview appears to be stuff I don't do on a regular basis and nothing about the subject (UI in this case), what does that tell me about the company?
From my point of view, *me* interviewing *you*, you failed. You told me at interview what was important to you, and I left feeling completely out of it.
I have a strong interest in games and audio - I worked for an AAA games company for four years. Not of any interest to Google. A head hunter for them did contact me, but talking to them we couldn't see how I could fit in.
I interviewed at Amazon. I don't remember much other than taking a long time during the technical interview. I didn't get the job.
I've interviewed enough to realise when I can win, when I can't. I can't win at Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook et al...
My 2nd job in life was with the 2nd/3rd computer company in the world. In my day it was IBM, Digital and HP. Digital (who I worked for) have long gone, and were eventually bought by HP.
So what things have I done as a job? Sound card device drivers. Reverse engineered Scatter Gather DMA. Added 3D audio to various companies sound cards.
Medical imaging. Take streams of video and process them, displaying results as we go.
I learned how to use async/await talking to a web API that gave back data on prices and customer usage.
I'm comfortable with recursion. Please bear in mind the processors I started with would *run out of memory* if you over used recursion too much.
Never heard of memoization. Of course, I can google it and find out... but at interview, I'd simply say I've never heard of it.
But has anyone else heard of Scatter Gather DMA? Or memory mapping in hardware? Or a video encoder in hardware. That two TTL inverters will generate roughly a 2-3ns delay, enough to make RAS/CAS address encoder for dynamic RAM refresh? I started as an electronics engineer and switched to software. I built 8 bit machines in my spare time when they were the thing of the day.
I rarely think before I start writing code, the way it all went was to get in there and start writing. I remember my first job. We spent a year writing about the whole system before they let us near writing code.
I have a poor grasp of big O. I just don't ever see it in the work I do daily.
I hate brain teasers.
And yet... I can still find jobs. The ones where there's a technical interview that is related to what I do. The ones where I'm given some C++ or C# code and asked to find fault with it. I remember one interview I spotted bugs that the interviewer was unaware of, and got offered a job. I turned them down as it was hard to get to and not a good fit for me.
At one C# interview there were serious problems with communication - the technical guy was on the end of a bad phone line, I had to keep asking him to repeat himself. He started asking questions about the internals of C#, intermediate language etc. I'm sitting there thinking this is advanced stuff I know nothing about. I didn't get the job. I did ask if the phone problems were deliberate but no, they were just unfortunate. I think I dodged a bullet there.
Now I see this strange world of brain teasers, obscure descriptions of problems I'd never try to solve as part of an interview. That tells me immediately - don't work here. Video interviews where I'm the only human present. I turn those down straight away. The company has already told me eonugh about them.
One job interview had a question about three drunk guys trying to cross a bridge. The water below was filled with crocodiles, it was night, there was only one torch... I didn't get the answer, this was the interview. Like I said, I hate brain teasers. They scream at me, *this is pointless*.
So I get asked these kind of questions at interview, I walk out.
I've been asked how many petrol stations in the UK? How many tennis balls can you get in 737? They feel weird to me... let me ask you a meaningless question to which there is no answer but lets me judge how you think. I can feel my brain shutting down when you ask those kind of questions. | null | 0 | 1546246077 | 1546246449 | 0 | ecxo2dp | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwglq3 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxo2dp/ | 1548318943 | 12 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | verylittlefinger | t2_ta9ws | I wish I had an algorithm :-). I don’t think anyone does.
We have developed a good, reliable way to test if someone can think clearly about a technical problem and has a good grasp of basic CompSci fundamentals. Indirectly it gives some indication of motivation (because keeping this knowledge past college requires some commitment) and general curiosity, but not much more. We have made a bunch of mistakes hiring smart and educated, but unmotivated people. Some of them are on my personal record, unfortunately. I don’t know how to do it any better. | null | 0 | 1546246169 | False | 0 | ecxo4tz | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwrusr | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxo4tz/ | 1548318973 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | qwak | t2_3n5u3 | Look at selenium | null | 0 | 1546246203 | False | 0 | ecxo5rw | t3_ab42kn | null | null | t1_ecxkyoy | /r/programming/comments/ab42kn/neural_network_genetic_algorithm_ai_master_of/ecxo5rw/ | 1548318985 | 9 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | khelvaster | t2_5559z | |An escrow key and a weak constant allowing the random number stream to be secretly predicted are different things.
And extremely related: you need a weak constant to make an escrow key.
|The NSA developed weak constants for an implementation of EC random number generation and wanted to keep it secret.
More accurately, the NSA created their own secret escrow key for the weak constants they released.
"An elliptic curve random number generator [can avoid] escrow keys by choosing a point Q on the elliptic curve as verifiably random. Intentional use of escrow keys can provide for back up functionality. The relationship between P and Q is used as an escrow key and stored by for a security domain. The administrator logs the output of the generator to reconstruct the random number with the escrow key." | null | 1 | 1546246205 | False | 0 | ecxo5uc | t3_ab4rmh | null | null | t1_ecxmgbh | /r/programming/comments/ab4rmh/blackberrys_patent_for_nsa_backdoor_to_basic/ecxo5uc/ | 1548318986 | -4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | CleanInfluence | t2_2tf8xx5i | First paragraph: yes, this code is bad, it should be written again ASAP.
Second paragraph: no. You MUST comment your code and not relying on external sources that will shutdown, be deprecated, or fail to load because the server has an issue. | null | 0 | 1546246335 | False | 0 | ecxo9ed | t3_aavv6v | null | null | t1_ecwbqoh | /r/programming/comments/aavv6v/the_art_of_writing_documentation/ecxo9ed/ | 1548319029 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | springy | t2_36ckj | In other words, the interviews had previously focused on technical ability, and that failed to deliver on the fashion for "diversity" hiring, so they dropped technical ability, and focused on "feels" instead. | null | 0 | 1546246656 | False | 0 | ecxoi8k | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxoi8k/ | 1548319139 | 0 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | RocketChase | t2_jdte7ts | For games that are simple enough, it should not be that difficult to whip up a reasonable copy. (That's what I'm doing with snake, right now! But that's irrelevant.) As for actually simulating keypresses, I've heard a few libraries, [`pynput`, `pyautogui`, `ctypes`], allow for something of the sort, although I haven't used them myself. | null | 0 | 1546246803 | False | 0 | ecxom6a | t3_ab42kn | null | null | t1_ecxkyoy | /r/programming/comments/ab42kn/neural_network_genetic_algorithm_ai_master_of/ecxom6a/ | 1548319215 | 6 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | GameJazzMachine | t2_n4pqb | Google should take notes from this. | null | 0 | 1546246855 | False | 0 | ecxonlr | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxonlr/ | 1548319234 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | chauey | t2_bdeb0 | Yeah so sick of brian-teasers, thinking outside the box. Others make u take a programming test unrelated to the framework and language you target and interviewing for and give u a shit score | null | 0 | 1546247191 | False | 0 | ecxowmr | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvvvpy | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxowmr/ | 1548319346 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | springy | t2_36ckj | The 29-year-old boyfriend of a family member was (until recently) working in a candy store. He felt his life was going nowhere. He signed up for a full-time three month programming course. At the end of the course, he got a job at a well known company, doing web development, for a starting salary of $80,000 a year.
I was astonished that a three month course could take somebody from no technical background to a pretty well paid job at a prestigious company. He explain "I aced the interview, because the course was largely focused on doing well at technical interviews." He knew all the interview algorithms, like Fizzbuzz, but had never heard of things like SQL, Functional Programming, or using a debugger. I guess none of that mattered, though, since the instructors has told him that the real hurdle was succeeding in the job interview, and he could learn everything else once he was hired. | null | 0 | 1546247293 | False | 0 | ecxozbz | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwwurr | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxozbz/ | 1548319380 | 41 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | gott_modus | t2_j2d1j | gtfo with your sjw bullshit, bitch | null | 0 | 1546247337 | False | 0 | ecxp0h4 | t3_aaxlm1 | null | null | t1_ecxefex | /r/programming/comments/aaxlm1/because_im_dumb_i_write_better_code/ecxp0h4/ | 1548319394 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | The_Durandal | t2_z1c5c | Right. It's more about the process or method, am I right? | null | 0 | 1546247366 | False | 0 | ecxp19x | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvvvpy | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxp19x/ | 1548319405 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | svenskainflytta | t2_16il55 | > In my company, we rarely give coding tests except to individuals without much experience; even then they are fairly basic.
I got job offers with no coding involved during the interview… and that kinda scared me away. | null | 0 | 1546247931 | False | 0 | ecxpf5g | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecweeof | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxpf5g/ | 1548319576 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | tarxzf | t2_2kp993l | Thanks for posting this! I've never come across this channel before... The production value is really impressive. Subbed! | null | 0 | 1546248014 | False | 0 | ecxph0x | t3_aaxvf8 | null | null | t3_aaxvf8 | /r/programming/comments/aaxvf8/generation_i_pokémon_cries_explained/ecxph0x/ | 1548319600 | 7 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | bausscode | t2_ko0yv59 | > Losing a good candidate costs far less than hiring and potentially firing a bad one.
It's far more expensive when it takes half a year or more for an employer to find out someone is a bad developer.
Not only have you wasted salaries a half year on a person, but you've also wasted time on a project with possibly irreversible damage.
Because that's exactly what I've experienced when we've had bad developers hired. | null | 0 | 1546248342 | False | 0 | ecxpo24 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvxdij | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxpo24/ | 1548319688 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | drjeats | t2_4lzhn | > "having bad spacing" between lines
How bad we talking here? | null | 0 | 1546248490 | False | 0 | ecxpr95 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx46z8 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxpr95/ | 1548319727 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | drjeats | t2_4lzhn | Are there small web design shops in your area? Or can you get a job you can spend time automating? Some of those are willing to take less-credentailed applicants for lower salaries since they're small businesses. Then after a couple of years professional experience will beat education and you can start job hopping every year or two to get your salary up to market rate. You may have to move if the tech industry in your area is anemic, but having income will make that slightly easier. | null | 0 | 1546248575 | False | 0 | ecxpt2o | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvxnfy | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxpt2o/ | 1548319751 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | thetechdb | t2_fnz18t | Blockchain is the most buzzing word now a days. Every body is interested to know about this technology because Blockchain is creating miracles in every field.
[https://www.salefree.in/blockchain-online-training-course/](https://www.salefree.in/blockchain-online-training-course/)
​ | null | 0 | 1546248760 | False | 0 | ecxpx4e | t3_ab5ogp | null | null | t3_ab5ogp | /r/programming/comments/ab5ogp/blockchain_online_training_offers_features_fee/ecxpx4e/ | 1548319826 | 0 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | LtWorf_ | t2_fkg9v | In Google even writing bash scripts to monitor systems requires you to pass the algorithm interview.
In my case, that involved noticing that with the given constraints that they had given, the set of numbers had some algebraic property that I could have exploited to reduce the complexity of my algorithm, had I noticed it during the interview instead of 2 days later. | null | 0 | 1546248772 | False | 0 | ecxpxdz | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwdte6 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxpxdz/ | 1548319830 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | wondermogul | t2_2u29iyb6 | When I write documentation I tend to have the following structure:
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Contents
Introduction: Who is this documentation intended for, what does the application do
How to Run it: with screen shots and config item examples
Outputs: what to expect when running it
High level design: diagrams tend to work for me
Maintenance: Key files, classes, infrastructure they need to know to maintain it.
Warnings: If its a hand over docs then I mention anything they need to know that needs their attention i.e. service account expiration, password locations, key people etc.
Resources: Code repositories, server URLS, key people etc
References: libraries, technology stacks etc
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Depending on how much time you have, some simple demo videos might help too. | null | 0 | 1546248908 | False | 0 | ecxq05s | t3_aavv6v | null | null | t3_aavv6v | /r/programming/comments/aavv6v/the_art_of_writing_documentation/ecxq05s/ | 1548319864 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | ideletedmyredditacco | t2_afcpm | because they're cheap | null | 0 | 1546249023 | False | 0 | ecxq2k8 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecvzhww | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxq2k8/ | 1548319894 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Naouak | t2_dmt2t | You would be surprised the number of people who can't really understand basic coding and who are applying for coding positions. In my area, you get so many people applying who doesn't even understand what a variable is. | null | 0 | 1546249071 | False | 0 | ecxq3l2 | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxhtnx | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxq3l2/ | 1548319906 | 8 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | davorzdralo | t2_62ihs | > or naming a variable wrong and "having bad spacing" between lines
Yep, in real world, your pull request would be rejected for that. You would get 0%, not 75%. | null | 0 | 1546249182 | False | 0 | ecxq5yh | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx46z8 | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxq5yh/ | 1548319936 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | neurorgasm | t2_9yrwu | Just saying, the job path is better for some people, and if he's the type of person who would write that and be like "so when is the check arriving" he's probably one of them. Probably much better to just keep interviewing. | null | 0 | 1546249185 | False | 0 | ecxq5zz | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwcfxm | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxq5zz/ | 1548319936 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | Naouak | t2_dmt2t | That's the point of the exercise: Someone who understand coding will do that in less than 5 minutes, 10 minutes if they are not used to the language syntax. | null | 0 | 1546249210 | False | 0 | ecxq6ja | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecxm2uz | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxq6ja/ | 1548319943 | 22 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | davorzdralo | t2_62ihs | Huh? What is wrong with those questions? If you can't explain, in your own words, the difference between an abstract class and an interface, I don't want you anywhere close to my code. | null | 0 | 1546249301 | False | 0 | ecxq8ft | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecwwafg | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxq8ft/ | 1548319967 | 4 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | dtechnology | t2_7gar4 | That's his point, hence the "only unlimited" | null | 0 | 1546249437 | False | 0 | ecxqb9f | t3_aav9js | null | null | t1_ecwq2zr | /r/programming/comments/aav9js/how_the_valley_treats_its_experienced_people/ecxqb9f/ | 1548320002 | 6 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | zephyrsong888 | t2_1qipq35 | I remember when I finally "got it" listening to Gnarls Barkley's *Crazy*. It isn't about not knowing enough, insanity is about knowing too much - adding some axioms or truth that shouldn't be really causes a cascade of cracks in one's reality. I do like how Terry was obsessive about programming for himself to fit his own ends. Too many kids are obsessed with becoming a cog in someone else's machine because they fear for their future. | null | 0 | 1546249539 | False | 0 | ecxqdcy | t3_a8mjza | null | null | t1_ecdts0o | /r/programming/comments/a8mjza/templeos_down_the_rabbit_hole/ecxqdcy/ | 1548320028 | 2 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | kerayeu | t2_wm5xv | Great, finally. That means Microsoft will stop sucking in the next 20 years. | null | 0 | 1546249545 | False | 0 | ecxqdhf | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t3_aaxsey | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxqdhf/ | 1548320029 | 3 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
False | davorzdralo | t2_62ihs | Too bad they don't. | null | 0 | 1546249622 | False | 0 | ecxqf4r | t3_aaxsey | null | null | t1_ecx69vm | /r/programming/comments/aaxsey/microsoft_totally_changed_how_it_interviews/ecxqf4r/ | 1548320049 | 1 | t5_2fwo | r/programming | public | null |
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