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null | vplatt | null | This does happen. I've actually worked with "software engineers" who I needed to sit down and explain to them why they should add parameters to a function instead of just copying and pasting it and then customizing data items.
Yes, really. And yes, they were from India. Sure they "can program", but do you think y... | null | 0 | 1492726464 | 1492727117 | 0 | dgjasx1 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7ksh | null | 1494242234 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kewleus | null | incorrect, you used the ` ` character. | null | 0 | 1492726473 | False | 0 | dgjat7e | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgja45n | null | 1494242238 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vplatt | null | "IT" as a skill doesn't exist. Just like "lawns" aren't a skill either. | null | 0 | 1492726573 | False | 0 | dgjaw4u | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8g8p | null | 1494242278 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BelowAverageITGuy | null | Leaks, nothing is perfect ... | null | 1 | 1492726611 | False | 0 | dgjax7z | t3_66ikky | null | null | t1_dgj9f7a | null | 1494242292 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 414RequestURITooLong | null | cmacro is the preprocessor. These are some examples of macros that can be built with cmacro. Both are by the same guy, AFAIK. | null | 0 | 1492726622 | False | 0 | dgjaxjv | t3_66gj40 | null | null | t1_dgj7esr | null | 1494242296 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | useablelobster2 | null | It uses the typescript bindings even in javascript, pretty fantastic. | null | 0 | 1492726627 | False | 0 | dgjaxoz | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj92fu | null | 1494242298 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LucasThePatator | null | I'm 28 and have only worked for one company (not counting internships) were I only use programming to do some research and development in computer vision. My company is very small (think less that 20 people small) but is 20 years old. It produces software though but it's technical software moslty in the field of signal... | null | 0 | 1492726633 | False | 0 | dgjaxw1 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjamy6 | null | 1494242301 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vplatt | null | This. And the fact that they're taught that IT skills are some sort of golden ticket means that they will keep on doing that until someone calls the bad schools on their crap.
Edit: And let's be clear here, the problem is bad schools. Not the country. Not the people. | null | 0 | 1492726639 | 1492727074 | 0 | dgjay18 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7uxl | null | 1494242303 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492726646 | False | 0 | dgjay8c | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242306 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | FreeGiraffeRides | null | There are at least two motivations for learning not to use a calculator:
First, it gives you mental advantages. It's faster, for simple problems, and develops your ability to make estimates for more difficult problems, or to judge the plausibility of tool-generated answers. It's one thing to say "I *could* pull out a ... | null | 0 | 1492726649 | False | 0 | dgjayat | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9mb7 | null | 1494242307 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | prepend | null | That's kind of insane for an interview. Did you get the job. | null | 0 | 1492726700 | False | 0 | dgjazr3 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9de1 | null | 1494242326 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tangerinelion | null | Yeah, a CS program can go through the various kinds of sorting algorithms and have students implement them themselves. In the real-world you just call `std::sort` or `sorted` or whatever the language has and you move on with your life. When a profiler (do they even teach these?) tells you that your sorting algorithm ... | null | 0 | 1492726729 | 1492726925 | 0 | dgjb0lv | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7tr5 | null | 1494242337 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pleem | null | I think Poland is the new India in terms of software outsourcing. My company slowly fired 90% of our US engineering team and replaced them with a Polish engineering team that makes about 30% of the old US salaries. Those guys are really sharp, work much harder and NEVER complain.
Funny thing is that my company is ow... | null | 0 | 1492726741 | False | 0 | dgjb0xl | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242342 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Okke | null | That's 1gb of data after three years. Any db will do. | null | 0 | 1492726830 | False | 0 | dgjb3ei | t3_66jwc1 | null | null | t3_66jwc1 | null | 1494242374 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | i_tried_butt_fuck_it | null | > Except we all know how things in China turned out for Google, right?
And that's why the sudden rise in protectionism could actually be a bad thing for American companies.
- You barely have access to 1/8th (China) of the world population right now.
- Indians are getting pissed off right now (I'm not going to argu... | null | 0 | 1492726845 | False | 0 | dgjb3t9 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9iqu | null | 1494242381 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492726885 | False | 0 | dgjb4zq | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242396 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ex_CEO | null | You have been misinformed. You are supposed to use ones only. | null | 0 | 1492726892 | 1492731442 | 0 | dgjb57f | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9w6l | null | 1494242399 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SabashChandraBose | null | Nope! I guess many people are missing the point of the incident: I didn't care enough about the job test to work on the actual problem. | null | 0 | 1492726896 | False | 0 | dgjb5av | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjazr3 | null | 1494242400 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 414RequestURITooLong | null | *lambda* is defined like this:
macro lambda {
case {
match {
$(args) -> $(ret) $(body)
}
template {
$(@getsym lambda 0)
}
toplevel {
$(ret) $(@gensym lambda) $(args) $(body)
}
... | null | 0 | 1492726907 | False | 0 | dgjb5me | t3_66gj40 | null | null | t1_dgj9imj | null | 1494242404 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mrkite77 | null | > Think zlib
Funny you should say that. I've gone from using zlib as a library to just straight up including the 8 or so source files that makes up zlib.
It's too much of a pain to deal with 32 bit vs 64 bit builds.. making sure it's statically linked etc. | null | 0 | 1492726938 | False | 0 | dgjb6kj | t3_66ihh2 | null | null | t1_dgj4w0s | null | 1494242417 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NiteLite | null | Unless you are using PHP | null | 0 | 1492726961 | False | 0 | dgjb76n | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9gok | null | 1494242425 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | davvii | null | This is not hard to believe at all. Worked a lot with "engineers" from India, 1 out of 10 could actually write code.
At one company the board insisted we use them in place of hiring the candidates I wanted. It was a complete nightmare. 18 week project turned into a 2 year ordeal that ended up costing the company $3 mi... | null | 0 | 1492726963 | False | 0 | dgjb791 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242426 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | correctsyourgrammar1 | null | Exactly. Do you know how many times I've seen students use a calculator to do basic arithmetic? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. I always tell them to use the calculator as a tool, not a crutch. | null | 0 | 1492726981 | False | 0 | dgjb7qe | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjayat | null | 1494242432 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | OneWingedShark | null | > SPARK for C++ would actually be pretty sweet.
Perhaps, but I personally don't think that's even possible — C++ has a ***lot*** of poor design (much of it due to being a C superset) that precludes a *lot*, and for that reason the multitudinous "*let's make a better/safer C[++]*".
One of the sad things about *the ... | null | 0 | 1492727046 | 1492752064 | 0 | dgjb9mi | t3_66edrp | null | null | t1_dgj4kyn | null | 1494242458 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Biotot | null | That's a cake walk. When I interview someone I give them a spool of magnetic tape and a magnetized needle | null | 0 | 1492727067 | False | 0 | dgjba9f | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9w6l | null | 1494242466 | 43 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | OneWingedShark | null | Thanks for pointing it out: I'll have to check it out. | null | 0 | 1492727085 | False | 0 | dgjbask | t3_66edrp | null | null | t1_dgi6byx | null | 1494242473 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LtAramaki | null | > It's one thing to say "I could pull out a calculator at any time," but really, you often won't because of the inconvenience
That's patently false, because I'm pulling out my smartphone to refresh Reddit every minute right now. And this doesn't even give me any advantage in life, yet I do it. So given this modern ... | null | 1 | 1492727105 | False | 0 | dgjbbec | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjayat | null | 1494242482 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | WelfareChild | null | You forgot to write in capital letters. | null | 0 | 1492727129 | False | 0 | dgjbc3y | t3_66i327 | null | null | t1_dgj130g | null | 1494242491 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | scarymoon | null | A lot of that sounds pretty similar to the environment for non classified work at a US defense contractor my wife is doing a short contract for. Except for the higher turnover thing. I have seen and heard of that at the usual "Silicon Valley-esque"(idk what to call it...Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, etc. my exposure to ... | null | 0 | 1492727130 | False | 0 | dgjbc4v | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242491 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Atticus9876543210 | null | Over my career I have worked with over 20 Indian programmers and every one of them sucked. When I start a new project if there is someone who has a degree outside America I know we are going to have to redo that person's work. | null | 0 | 1492727149 | False | 0 | dgjbcog | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242499 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | monocasa | null | Yeah, I call that crowd 'pattern matchers'. | null | 0 | 1492727155 | False | 0 | dgjbcul | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj99qa | null | 1494242501 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | megagreg | null | Well it's not a programming diploma, it's a computer science degree. I didn't write any code for many of my classes, and if someone has a different focus, it's reasonable that programming isn't a skill they really need to excel at. | null | 0 | 1492727259 | False | 0 | dgjbfuy | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7a9u | null | 1494242541 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ZedOud | null | Computer Programming - Scripts, utilizes libraries to build and maintain an application. Backend and frontend development. Frontend maintenance, but backend maintenance may be left to IT. (Only job is to write code all day.)
Information Technology - Setting backend environment. Maintenance of servers, hardware, databa... | null | 0 | 1492727275 | 1492727675 | 0 | dgjbgb7 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8nzi | null | 1494242547 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | senatorpjt | null | This is why companies need to hire American developers. Only 80% of us are unfit for software development. | null | 0 | 1492727373 | False | 0 | dgjbj5t | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242586 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Wonnk13 | null | Sad but true (n=5) in my case at least. | null | 0 | 1492727383 | False | 0 | dgjbjfn | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242589 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | scorpionmintred | null | OK, maybe I've been an idiot all these years with MySQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total,
COUNT(IF(language_id = 1, 1, NULL)) AS lang1,
COUNT(IF(rating = 'PG', 1, NULL)) AS rating_pg,
COUNT(IF(length BETWEEN 100 AND 200, 1, NULL)) AS length_whatever
FROM film;
Is that completely non-performan... | null | 0 | 1492727393 | 1492728198 | 0 | dgjbjqw | t3_66igbp | null | null | t3_66igbp | null | 1494242593 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Xiode | null | newFormatTimeDateFinal(...) | null | 0 | 1492727427 | False | 0 | dgjbkqz | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjb76n | null | 1494242606 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | FlukyS | null | Well it's a tool, you still have to know how to use the various bits and pieces. | null | 0 | 1492727463 | False | 0 | dgjblsh | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj6hhf | null | 1494242621 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BigTunaTim | null | My first professional programming job out of college involved rewriting software that had been offshored. That was almost 20 years ago and I still haven't had a positive experience with either offshoring or with H1B's. You've provided some great cultural insight here that would have helped tremendously in those past si... | null | 0 | 1492727527 | False | 0 | dgjbnkt | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242644 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 1s44c | null | Or they get fired 3 to 6 months later after spreading damaged code though many systems. | null | 0 | 1492727559 | False | 0 | dgjboh9 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjaebw | null | 1494242656 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ITSigno | null | > Instead of saying do you understand, ask them if they have small doubts. Or ask them to repeat their understanding of the tasks.
I used to teach English in Japan and this is just as true in that context. It might even be true in all teaching/instruction. "Do you understand?" is simply too broad and too much like ... | null | 0 | 1492727567 | False | 0 | dgjbooh | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242659 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | not_a_boss | null | Performs Indian head bobble - not going to tell you which variant. | null | 0 | 1492727600 | False | 0 | dgjbpq4 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242673 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | downvotefodder | null | Well duh | null | 0 | 1492727612 | False | 0 | dgjbq2x | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242678 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | immoralminority | null | In PHP it stands for millions of years as in M = roman numeral for 1000 therefore MM is one thousand thousand. | null | 0 | 1492727649 | False | 0 | dgjbr3i | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjb76n | null | 1494242691 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LucasThePatator | null | Well thank you for that ! I can definitely say that I have none of those degrees ! Applied Mathematics for Information and Signal Processing is my degree. I think you include that in EE across the pond ..? In France, aside from very specific things, I don't think there is a unified terminology accross universities sadl... | null | 0 | 1492727671 | False | 0 | dgjbrp9 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjbgb7 | null | 1494242700 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | MannerShark | null | Did my BSc in CS in Eindhoven (The Netherlands). There's a mandatory introduction to programming course, then one where you implement design patters and test code, and a small part of a course where you do multithreading stuff in C.
Apart from that, there are some group courses where you develop a product (geometric ... | null | 0 | 1492727716 | False | 0 | dgjbsy0 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8k8l | null | 1494242716 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 1s44c | null | That is not a silly notion. | null | 0 | 1492727727 | False | 0 | dgjbt8s | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ng3 | null | 1494242720 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | FlukyS | null | I work at a consultancy company and we work directly with a global appliance company who have an Indian operation, for some reason they have a wage cap in their Indian division, so if anyone gets to be too good at their job they go somewhere else. So we have a constant stream of people who are contributing to our work ... | null | 0 | 1492727754 | 1492728846 | 0 | dgjbtyb | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242729 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ZedOud | null | That might fall into an Applied Mathematics degree with an emphasis in computational mathematics/physics or a Computer Science degree with an emphasis in Applied Mathematics. | null | 0 | 1492727805 | False | 0 | dgjbvdb | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjbrp9 | null | 1494242749 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | videomorphic | null | >Surely you realize that it's not just impractical (basically most of your functions will have this parameter) but pure (no pun intended) madness.
Well most functions need some sort of context about their overall operation in order to operate. For example, in an HTTP server you generally need some sort of 'request ... | null | 0 | 1492727839 | False | 0 | dgjbwbb | t3_66ftqf | null | null | t1_dginuqn | null | 1494242761 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | llkkjjhh | null | Computer science degrees don't really focus on programming. Programming languages are just a tool. There is much more theory and science in computer science than application. | null | 0 | 1492727849 | False | 0 | dgjbwkl | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7a9u | null | 1494242764 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | merde_code | null | Not a comment on the article but more about the people who wrote this.
Are the people who conducted this test this legit?
From their webpage:
> Automata finds how efficient is the solution in terms of time complexity and code maintainability. For the prior, our algorithm detects time complexity correctly 95% of th... | null | 0 | 1492727872 | 1492728423 | 0 | dgjbx8e | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242774 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ppinette | null | Wow, that is perfectly accurate. | null | 0 | 1492727911 | False | 0 | dgjbyba | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242788 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | indyK1ng | null | This result isn't too far off from [the stats quoted in the Coding Horror article titled "Why Can't Programmers Program" from many years ago.](https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/) I don't think this is a problem with teaching in India as much as it is a problem with the education leading into th... | null | 0 | 1492727922 | False | 0 | dgjbymp | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj6ssi | null | 1494242792 | 40 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | senatorpjt | null | I've seen developers do all of those things on purpose, it increases job security. | null | 0 | 1492727958 | False | 0 | dgjbzku | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8v87 | null | 1494242805 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | crowbahr | null | It seems like the fastest way to get dropped honestly. | null | 0 | 1492728021 | False | 0 | dgjc1c0 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjbzku | null | 1494242828 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hacksoncode | null | I'm pretty sure that any thread that becomes too popular will cease to be about programming very quickly. | null | 1 | 1492728024 | False | 0 | dgjc1f9 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7dbf | null | 1494242829 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | i_tried_butt_fuck_it | null | I've taken this test and can shed some light on it.
There are a few sections like English comprehension, CS theory, Logical reasoning, Some psych evaluation on your personality and finally an optional section on writing code in an online editor.
- English comprehension contains some straightforward stuff that most pe... | null | 0 | 1492728031 | 1492728232 | 0 | dgjc1n4 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7tr5 | null | 1494242832 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | amazinglights | null | Please do the needful. | null | 0 | 1492728044 | False | 0 | dgjc202 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242838 | 36 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | prepend | null | Why go to the interview then? | null | 0 | 1492728045 | False | 0 | dgjc21l | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjb5av | null | 1494242838 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Jibbers_Crabst_IRL | null | This needs to be higher. In my experience [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/66kb3c/95_engineers_in_india_unfit_for_software/dgj8ob4/) is incredibly accurate, but I find it hard to believe that 95% of Indian engineers are like that.
edit: word | null | 0 | 1492728049 | False | 0 | dgjc256 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9pid | null | 1494242841 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Veedrac | null | There's a big gap between structural unpacking and getters, though. The former specifies the internal representation, saying that there's no other internal state, and the internal state that there is is precisely represented by these values, with these types, in this order.
This is quite a large gap from a typical Jav... | null | 0 | 1492728073 | False | 0 | dgjc2ty | t3_66gn8p | null | null | t1_dgj8kwf | null | 1494242849 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | GwynnBlade | null | Didn't even give them a microscope? You monster. | null | 0 | 1492728077 | False | 0 | dgjc2yi | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjba9f | null | 1494242851 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LucasThePatator | null | I said that because of the IEEE organization. Most of the science conferences and journals in my field are under IEEE (That stands for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in case you're not familiar with it). I guess they have a very broad view of their field. | null | 0 | 1492728107 | False | 0 | dgjc3sa | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjbvdb | null | 1494242862 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hoticeberg | null | You nailed it. I've been working with offshore vendors for about two years now and the amount of work that's doubled or tripled on my plate is astounding. | null | 0 | 1492728160 | False | 0 | dgjc5be | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494242884 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lekroif | null | You've obviously never had to solve computationally intensive problems. There every instruction makes a difference. | null | 0 | 1492728166 | False | 0 | dgjc5hh | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjb0lv | null | 1494242886 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | Crash_says | null | Those who can't, teach. | null | 0 | 1492728187 | False | 0 | dgjc62l | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjbymp | null | 1494242893 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | yeahbutbut | null | It's really strange the first time you see it, "Is he disagreeing...?" | null | 0 | 1492728259 | False | 0 | dgjc80u | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjbpq4 | null | 1494242920 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SabashChandraBose | null | I was 21, bored, and curious if I could crack it. | null | 0 | 1492728283 | False | 0 | dgjc8ng | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjc21l | null | 1494242928 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | faptimussprime | null | I was taught from an early age not to use calculators unless it something way too difficult for a human mind to compute. Usually you need a calculator in linear algebra class. I had a professor who showed us how to solve for logarithm without a calculator and 40 years ago someone made a huge book of all log solutions. ... | null | 0 | 1492728310 | False | 0 | dgjc9d8 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjayat | null | 1494242937 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ZedOud | null | IEEE and the ACM seem to have a wonderful relationship: http://www.acm.org/acm-ieeecs-coop
I would bet the IEEE was in the field of digital signal processing and Applied Mathematics since before the ACM existed. | null | 0 | 1492728329 | False | 0 | dgjc9w2 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjc3sa | null | 1494242944 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 4vfz2ps34j | null | Well this certainly is surprising! | null | 0 | 1492728394 | False | 0 | dgjcbos | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494242968 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | i_tried_butt_fuck_it | null | Yes, what that comment says is true. It probably has something to do with the work culture of companies too. Employees of service companies have to stay in the good books of their managers or they risk getting fired/getting very little pay hike. However those who work in start ups don't tolerate BS and call out anyone ... | null | 0 | 1492728460 | False | 0 | dgjcdgs | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjc256 | null | 1494242992 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | _Guinness | null | Yep all the zeros are already in place. | null | 0 | 1492728547 | False | 0 | dgjcfy0 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjb57f | null | 1494243025 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | T_N1ck | null | I studied in Germany, at the TU Berlin. There isn't a heavy focus on learning how to develop in the real world, but everyone who graduates there will be able to start in any engineering position as a junior, midlevel or even senior (but only because they worked somewhere during the time). We did a lot of exercises and ... | null | 0 | 1492728581 | False | 0 | dgjcgwq | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7a9u | null | 1494243038 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LucasThePatator | null | I guess there are strong historical reasons for the IEEE involvement. Historically, a lot of signal processing, control, etc... was done using circuits. | null | 0 | 1492728641 | False | 0 | dgjcikw | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjc9w2 | null | 1494243061 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | doom_Oo7 | null | maybe memory fragmentation ? | null | 0 | 1492728644 | False | 0 | dgjcion | t3_66ikky | null | null | t1_dgj9f7a | null | 1494243061 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | notmrregular | null | That's one thing I love about sqlite. Just add one .c and one .h and you're good to go. | null | 0 | 1492728689 | False | 0 | dgjcjy2 | t3_66ihh2 | null | null | t3_66ihh2 | null | 1494243078 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mrmgscott | null | > Instead of saying do you understand, ask them if they have small doubts. Or ask them to repeat their understanding of the tasks.
This is a very good tip
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null | videomorphic | null | No matter what you're doing, you need some context. You either need to pass that explicitly, as a parameter, or have it available implicitly and somehow arrange for everything to access the right one (dynamic scoping, thread-locals with thread-per-operation, etc.).
I think one has to accept that fact and find a soluti... | null | 0 | 1492728859 | False | 0 | dgjcoit | t3_66ftqf | null | null | t1_dgiyvsu | null | 1494243141 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mrkite77 | null | No kidding. I thought it'd really take off after the Azathioprine demo in 2011.
http://www.inka3d.com/demos/azathioprine/
but nope. | null | 0 | 1492728915 | False | 0 | dgjcq34 | t3_66isie | null | null | t1_dgiu9ui | null | 1494243162 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Yoglets | null | Anybody who spends time on StackOverflow can verify this. | null | 0 | 1492728935 | False | 0 | dgjcqmx | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494243169 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kewleus | null | My cats are already fat, thanks though. | null | 0 | 1492728949 | False | 0 | dgjcqzp | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjcfx6 | null | 1494243174 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MuppetMaster42 | null | same experience I've had with contracting offshore companies as well.
they'll follow your specs to a T. The problem is that specs are often written by non-developers. A sane engineer will read a spec with this in mind, and suggest improvements/changes for the benefit of the project. Additionally during development the... | null | 0 | 1492728951 | False | 0 | dgjcr1w | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494243174 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | admiralranga | null | > Programming should not be about raw memorization skills.
Nor sheer writing speed, I might be still bitter about my Java and OO 101 class for have to write out both pseudo code and java and losing marks for syntax errors. I kid you not I got 99% percent for an exam cos I missed one semi colon. | null | 0 | 1492728972 | False | 0 | dgjcrm9 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj7my3 | null | 1494243182 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mudien | null | As someone who works for a company that HEAVILY uses contractors from India this does not surprise me one bit. The lack of quality, understanding, and knowledgr that comes out of these "teams" is unreal. | null | 0 | 1492728984 | False | 0 | dgjcryj | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t3_66kb3c | null | 1494243186 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bmwnut | null | Have you worked with Indians that work in the US? I do software in the US, we hire a lot of Indians that got their Masters at US schools, and they are intelligent and hard working and not at all as you describe. I have not worked with our Mumbai office but they are not outsourced but part of the company and I've never ... | null | 0 | 1492728984 | False | 0 | dgjcryy | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8ob4 | null | 1494243186 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Axmill | null | How are the extremes of both sides authoritarian? For example, it would be hard to call anarchism, an extreme left-wing ideology, "authoritarian." | null | 0 | 1492729057 | False | 0 | dgjctyl | t3_65free | null | null | t1_dgd25gr | null | 1494243213 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | flukus | null | May as well hire a graphic artist, at least the pictures they produce will look nicer. | null | 0 | 1492729102 | 1492737369 | 0 | dgjcv7v | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgjajzt | null | 1494243230 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | staticassert | null | > This is quite a large gap from a typical Java-esque approach, which aims where feasible to make internal details like this abstracted.
I agree *except* that there are tons of cases where this isn't what's happening. Like, yes, lots of time a 'getter' hides the internal state, leaving room to modify that state in ... | null | 0 | 1492729105 | False | 0 | dgjcvae | t3_66gn8p | null | null | t1_dgjc2ty | null | 1494243231 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mrpiggy | null | Upvoting because of well worded response. | null | 0 | 1492729126 | False | 0 | dgjcvuy | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgja5ob | null | 1494243239 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Various_Pickles | null | > they tended to be really bad at saying "I don't know how to do this", "this is a bad idea" they tended to just crack on
This x1000.
Just like in all other professions, many competent software engineers experience at least occasional pangs of [Imposter Syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome), b... | null | 0 | 1492729167 | False | 0 | dgjcx26 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj8sh3 | null | 1494243254 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LtAramaki | null | Adding more levels of logging doesn't solve the issue, which is: what's `critical` for one part of a system, may be at best a `warning` at another part of the system.
Trying to come up with the perfect set of *absolute* categories for a log message to fall into just means we'll keep adding more and more levels, and th... | null | 0 | 1492729200 | False | 0 | dgjcxz3 | t3_66ftqf | null | null | t1_dgigu4s | null | 1494243266 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lchpianist | null | Yeah. I work on a team of about 11 or so, and only me and my team lead are Caucasian males. Everyone else is an H1B immigrant from India, or green card holder. I'm fairly new to the field, but they're all pretty damn good IMO.
But like you said, they're likely all being paid well, probably more than I am. | null | 0 | 1492729229 | False | 0 | dgjcyrl | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9tc8 | null | 1494243277 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hekdev | null | True but the JS-crowd completely missed the ball on this and is even worse than the most bloated C++ libs on configurating. JS is so broken you have to install a dozen tools just to make it bearable in real production. | null | 0 | 1492729239 | False | 0 | dgjcz1y | t3_66ihh2 | null | null | t1_dgj7m3u | null | 1494243281 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | flukus | null | Because you'll get a deeper understanding of what makes a good knife. It's like writing you're own toy database, doesn't mean you're going to use it but you'll understand databases much better. | null | 0 | 1492729242 | False | 0 | dgjcz42 | t3_66kb3c | null | null | t1_dgj9fcc | null | 1494243282 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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