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programmerhumor | Tr0user_Snake | gbej2fu | <|sols|><|sot|>Totally agree<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/8009e2mxvox51.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Spoken like two brogrammers in an intro to programming class<|eor|><|sor|>Especially since the '#' doesn't indicate that some text is "not worth reading". It specifies the beginning of a specific token to the lexer that is then ignored during parsing and subsequent compilation/interpretation steps.
The comment itself is still read (i.e. loaded into memory) by the computer.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 110 |
programmerhumor | tndaris | gbeex93 | <|sols|><|sot|>Totally agree<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/8009e2mxvox51.jpg<|eol|><|sor|> #!/usr/bin/python3<|eor|><|sor|>Doesn't bash read that though, not python? Or am I thinking of something else?
Edit: Huh, Cunningham's Law.<|eor|><|sor|>Correct, that's a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 110 |
programmerhumor | J3fbr0nd0 | gbebqj8 | <|sols|><|sot|>Totally agree<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/8009e2mxvox51.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Ugh. A hashtag is an octothorpe and the word or conjoined words following it. Is is not appropriate to refer to the octothorpe itself as a hashtag.<|eor|><|sor|>Its always the pound sign to me<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 108 |
programmerhumor | sixpackofabs | v5xhln | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 51,937 |
programmerhumor | Thx_And_Bye | ibcgd1b | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|> is U+1F414 (approved in 2010) and is U+1F95A (approved in 2016).
So the chicken indeed existed before the egg did.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 4,710 |
programmerhumor | seenukarthi | ibce7iy | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I dont trust JavaScript sort.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,909 |
programmerhumor | jochem4208 | ibck8hx | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I dont trust JavaScript sort.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't trust JavaScript.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,135 |
programmerhumor | Malix82 | ibcm75i | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>but the plot thickens: https://i.imgur.com/3Tl6T3J.png<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 849 |
programmerhumor | Liesmith424 | ibckd3m | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>According to documentation, the first chicken egg was laid by something which was not a chicken.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 826 |
programmerhumor | -__-x | ibcoapc | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>but the plot thickens: https://i.imgur.com/3Tl6T3J.png<|eor|><|sor|>the plot chickens<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 742 |
programmerhumor | ConradT16 | ibcklk4 | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|> is U+1F414 (approved in 2010) and is U+1F95A (approved in 2016).
So the chicken indeed existed before the egg did.<|eor|><|sor|>Could it be alphabetical? C before E<|eor|><|sor|>Emojis are encoded in Unicode<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 736 |
programmerhumor | Aleksey259 | ibckcuy | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I dont trust JavaScript sort.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't trust JavaScript.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't JavaScript<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 734 |
programmerhumor | HorochovPL | ibcn066 | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|> is U+1F414 (approved in 2010) and is U+1F95A (approved in 2016).
So the chicken indeed existed before the egg did.<|eor|><|sor|>Wish it was approved in different order. That would keep the fun.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 717 |
programmerhumor | funcalamari | ibcu6o2 | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>According to documentation, the first chicken egg was laid by something which was not a chicken.<|eor|><|sor|>I mean this is the correct answer. The first 100% chicken egg was laid by a creature that was 99.99% chicken and just one mutation away from what we call "chicken".<|eor|><|sor|>But what would be a 101% chicken?<|eor|><|sor|>Uvalde, TX police<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 507 |
programmerhumor | GYN-k4H-Q3z-75B | ibce4wq | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>JS Array.sort is weird. Do not trust it.
``[32, 2, 43, 101, 1025, 5].sort()
// Result: (5) [101, 1025, 2, 32, 43, 5]``<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 502 |
programmerhumor | lemao_squash | ibcktwv | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I dont trust JavaScript sort.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't trust JavaScript.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't JavaScript<|eor|><|sor|>I don't<|eor|><|sor|>dont<|eor|><|sor|>#<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 432 |
programmerhumor | Dragongeek | ibcra9b | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>According to documentation, the first chicken egg was laid by something which was not a chicken.<|eor|><|sor|>I mean this is the correct answer. The first 100% chicken egg was laid by a creature that was 99.99% chicken and just one mutation away from what we call "chicken".<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 405 |
programmerhumor | shrihankp12 | ibckfak | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I dont trust JavaScript sort.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't trust JavaScript.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't JavaScript<|eor|><|sor|>I don't<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 363 |
programmerhumor | yeetyboi56 | ibckhwt | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I dont trust JavaScript sort.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't trust JavaScript.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't JavaScript<|eor|><|sor|>I don't<|eor|><|sor|>dont<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 339 |
programmerhumor | BaffoRasta | ibcf99w | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>JS Array.sort is weird. Do not trust it.
``[32, 2, 43, 101, 1025, 5].sort()
// Result: (5) [101, 1025, 2, 32, 43, 5]``<|eor|><|sor|>So is it essentially turning them into stings and sorting them? Like wtf.<|eor|><|sor|>.sort() expects a callback, the correct one would be in this case
`[32, 2, 43, 101, 1025, 5].sort( (a,b) => b-a )`<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 320 |
programmerhumor | DopestDope42069 | ibcf3m8 | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>JS Array.sort is weird. Do not trust it.
``[32, 2, 43, 101, 1025, 5].sort()
// Result: (5) [101, 1025, 2, 32, 43, 5]``<|eor|><|sor|>So is it essentially turning them into stings and sorting them? Like wtf.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 311 |
programmerhumor | Not_AM5 | ibcl7ft | <|sols|><|sot|>Greatest mystery solved.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/exmzrxcygy391.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I dont trust JavaScript sort.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't trust JavaScript.<|eor|><|sor|>I don't JavaScript<|eor|><|sor|>I don't<|eor|><|sor|>dont<|eor|><|sor|>#<|eor|><|sor|>r/DecreasinglyVerbose<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 231 |
programmerhumor | JustSpaceExperiment | 11yxx7g | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 51,860 |
programmerhumor | Anaxamander57 | jda8tlr | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 12,904 |
programmerhumor | Bryguy3k | jda01gu | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>If ever you needed proof that HR in technical fields can be woefully disconnected from reality heres a perfect example.
But more than a few library creators have been asked to prove competence in their library while interviewing.
Edit for the Reddit hive mind: /s<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 4,422 |
programmerhumor | Phleau | jd9zk5w | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Do not cite the deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was written<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 4,311 |
programmerhumor | recaffeinated | jdaaqzh | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|sor|>Me: Googles supply chain attacks.
TIL<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 3,711 |
programmerhumor | GoodForTheTongue | jdaddsc | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|sor|>Me: Googles supply chain attacks.
TIL<|eor|><|sor|>>*invented...supply chain attacks*
Is this the one where he changed the C compiler to:
1. stick his own personal login password backdoor into the Unix kernel whenever it was recompiled? ....and then...(here's the genius hack)
2. check if the C compiler was compiling *itself*, and if so, silently re-insert the backdoor code into it, just in case someone ever took it out?
Seem to recall something a story like that from the middle-Jurassic, like late 1970s or so. The man is a god, indeed.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 3,577 |
programmerhumor | psitor | jdajx67 | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|sor|>Me: Googles supply chain attacks.
TIL<|eor|><|sor|>>*invented...supply chain attacks*
Is this the one where he changed the C compiler to:
1. stick his own personal login password backdoor into the Unix kernel whenever it was recompiled? ....and then...(here's the genius hack)
2. check if the C compiler was compiling *itself*, and if so, silently re-insert the backdoor code into it, just in case someone ever took it out?
Seem to recall something a story like that from the middle-Jurassic, like late 1970s or so. The man is a god, indeed.<|eor|><|sor|>It was the article "Reflections on Trusting Trust" by Ken Thompson<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 2,544 |
programmerhumor | TurretX | jda4q1j | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>If ever you needed proof that HR in technical fields can be woefully disconnected from reality heres a perfect example.
But more than a few library creators have been asked to prove competence in their library while interviewing.
Edit for the Reddit hive mind: /s<|eor|><|sor|>Wasnt there a guy who was looking at job applications and saw something like "5+ years of experience with ____ api", a thing he created only 2 years prior.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 2,352 |
programmerhumor | Antrikshy | jdac2tv | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>I decided to verify this. Found [this article](https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/21/ken_thompson_take_our_test/) in The Register, from 2010.
>The snippet emerged in a book called Coders At Work, published last September. We don't know if the information is still current, or whether Thompson has finally allowed himself to be subject to a humiliating examination...
>
>But the snippet runs like this:
>
>Q: I know Google has a policy where every new employee has to get checked out on languages before they're allowed to check code in. Which means you had to get checked out on C \[which you co-created\].
>
>Thompson: Yeah, I haven't been.
>
>Q. You haven't been! You're not allowed to check in code?
>
>Thompson: I'm not allowed to check in code, no... I just haven't done it. I've so far found no need to.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,953 |
programmerhumor | veryusedrname | jda4zrs | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>If ever you needed proof that HR in technical fields can be woefully disconnected from reality heres a perfect example.
But more than a few library creators have been asked to prove competence in their library while interviewing.
Edit for the Reddit hive mind: /s<|eor|><|sor|>Wasnt there a guy who was looking at job applications and saw something like "5+ years of experience with ____ api", a thing he created only 2 years prior.<|eor|><|sor|>FastAPI, [tweet](https://mobile.twitter.com/tiangolo/status/1281946592459853830)<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,526 |
programmerhumor | Comrade_Vladimov | jda3hpp | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Do not cite the deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was written<|eor|><|sor|>He wasn't just there, he helped fucking write it<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,482 |
programmerhumor | mina86ng | jdamqih | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>I decided to verify this. Found [this article](https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/21/ken_thompson_take_our_test/) in The Register, from 2010.
>The snippet emerged in a book called Coders At Work, published last September. We don't know if the information is still current, or whether Thompson has finally allowed himself to be subject to a humiliating examination...
>
>But the snippet runs like this:
>
>Q: I know Google has a policy where every new employee has to get checked out on languages before they're allowed to check code in. Which means you had to get checked out on C \[which you co-created\].
>
>Thompson: Yeah, I haven't been.
>
>Q. You haven't been! You're not allowed to check in code?
>
>Thompson: I'm not allowed to check in code, no... I just haven't done it. I've so far found no need to.<|eor|><|sor|>> Q: I know Google has a policy where every new employee has to get checked out on languages before they're allowed to check code in. Which means you had to get checked out on C [which you co-created].
This isnt even the policy at Google. You can check in code in a language you barely know. It just needs to be reviewed by someone experienced in that language.
Furthermore, experienced in this context doesnt only mean knows the language but also knows Googles specific style and quirks.
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22620455<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 949 |
programmerhumor | locri | jda02kv | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Do you think management and HR might be acting a little weird towards actual engineers and tech guys?<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 907 |
programmerhumor | Antrikshy | jdabh3d | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Do not cite the deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was written<|eor|><|sor|>He wasn't just there, he helped fucking write it<|eor|><|sor|>Do not cite the deep magic to me witch, I wrote it.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 897 |
programmerhumor | DragonSlayerC | jdarw4c | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|sor|>He hates C++ with a passion, though<|eor|><|sor|>Which is why he worked with Google to create Go, which tried to take all the good things from C and avoid the bad things from C++.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 854 |
programmerhumor | GoodForTheTongue | jdakr9v | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|sor|>Me: Googles supply chain attacks.
TIL<|eor|><|sor|>>*invented...supply chain attacks*
Is this the one where he changed the C compiler to:
1. stick his own personal login password backdoor into the Unix kernel whenever it was recompiled? ....and then...(here's the genius hack)
2. check if the C compiler was compiling *itself*, and if so, silently re-insert the backdoor code into it, just in case someone ever took it out?
Seem to recall something a story like that from the middle-Jurassic, like late 1970s or so. The man is a god, indeed.<|eor|><|sor|>It was the article "Reflections on Trusting Trust" by Ken Thompson<|eor|><|sor|>that's it! take my measly award, sir!<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 845 |
programmerhumor | Trucoto | jdamps2 | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|sor|>He hates C++ with a passion, though<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 802 |
programmerhumor | theGentlemanInWhite | jdav8nu | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>Things Ken Thompson invented or was involved in creating: Unix, C, C++, UTF-8, grep, supply chain attacks
Imagine being the person to ask him to take a test to see if he knew C.<|eor|><|sor|>He hates C++ with a passion, though<|eor|><|sor|>Which is why he worked with Google to create Go, which tried to take all the good things from C and avoid the bad things from C++.<|eor|><|sor|>As someone using Go, he did not succeed. How can a genius think it's ok to fail to compile due to unused variables?
Edit: ok you pedantic morons. I know production code shouldn't have unused variables. However, sometimes when writing or debugging code, people like to create temp variables or comment out sections of code. This still stops code from building and cannot be disabled.
Edit 2: also, the number of you who couldn't figure out the first edit on your own makes me think this sub is filled with people who never actually write software.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 773 |
programmerhumor | JustSpaceExperiment | jda8oav | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|soopr|>HR: Do you know any of the original authors of C?
KEN:
<|eoopr|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 716 |
programmerhumor | That-Row-3038 | jda142q | <|sols|><|sot|>Gigachad Ken Thomson.<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/283ew0cn2dpa1.png<|eol|><|sor|>They asking for 60 years of experience too<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 648 |
programmerhumor | 123456American | p46vz5 | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 51,792 |
programmerhumor | Super-administrator | h8wxmdk | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Because the market is oversaturated with candidates who write poor software. It is particularly difficult to find _good_ software developers.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 3,149 |
programmerhumor | NotTooShahby | h8xampj | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I once interviewed with a company locally for an internship. They asked me to find the largest integer in an array. I asked afterwards, do many people get that right? They replied youd be surprised how many get it wrong.
**EDIT: To those suggesting sorting the array, remember that sorting takes O(nlogn) time at best. In order to consider all candidates in an array, the best youre gonna do is consider all candidates in an array! Which is O(n) time.**<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 3,088 |
programmerhumor | Real-Syrup4487 | h8xd7dg | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I once interviewed with a company locally for an internship. They asked me to find the largest integer in an array. I asked afterwards, do many people get that right? They replied youd be surprised how many get it wrong.
**EDIT: To those suggesting sorting the array, remember that sorting takes O(nlogn) time at best. In order to consider all candidates in an array, the best youre gonna do is consider all candidates in an array! Which is O(n) time.**<|eor|><|sor|>randomise the list until it's in order and pick the last element<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 2,759 |
programmerhumor | CoffeePieAndHobbits | h8ww9c7 | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Interviewed someone earlier this year for an entry level position. Candidate claimed to know some Java, C++, SQL, etc... Looked good on paper. Asked them to do a simple programming exercise. They had no idea where to start. To be fair, it can be intimidating to be put on the spot like that. But when given the option of using Google to help and they still can't demonstrate that they can think through a problem, or know how to search for a solution... pass.
For the curious: loop through a few text files to find a matching string. In the language of your choice. You can use Google if needed.
Edit: ahhh, my inbox & notifications! This got a lot more attention than I expected lol.
Edit2:
To add more detail, this was for a DevOps position at a large company in the USA. We use vendor software as well as in-house tools and utilities written in a variety of languages (Java, Python, Bash/shell) to manage the stack, deployments, push config changes, monitor server resources, etc... also on-call. We wear a lot of hats. If you know, you know.
During interviews we generally ask about background, experience, and projects, how they have solved past problems, overcome challenging issues, etc. Pretty standard stuff I think. Asking to solve hypothetical problems or do simple live coding exercises are another way to ascertain experience, comprehension, problem solving ability, logic, and so on. We ask questions of varying difficulty or complexity according to the position and person's experience.
In this case the interviewee was applying for an entry level position and did not have much experience. It was pretty clear they were 'green', but we wanted to give them a chance with the coding exercise. Unfortunately this person was not able to share any thoughts or ideas on how to solve the proposed problem. It was clear they were struggling, so we offered to let them use Google as a reference, but still they were unsure how to begin to solve the problem. I recall we proposed alternate ways of looking at the problem, e.g. as a block of text, as strings stored in variables, etc. No luck. The interview was quickly over after that.
To address a few common questions:
No, in this very simplified example you wouldn't necessarily need to write a full program, and yes grep or regex would have been acceptable. (Sorry if that wasn't clear). The point was to explain how one might go about doing a thing, in whatever way makes sense to you. Or explain even in theoretical concepts how one might do a thing. Share your thought process.
Yes, sometimes a task like this might come up on the job. Or be 1 part of a much larger task, or one-off cleanup, etc. Based on some of the responses, it sounds like quite a few people are familiar with this common scenario. No, that's not the only thing this team does (as mentioned above). No, you won't make $100k just to run grep, lol.
Also, no I'm not the hiring manager. I'm just an experienced software engineer in the department. We ride along on interviews sometimes to assist management with technical questions. Please don't PM me asking for a job. That's not why I shared this story (that somehow got a lot of attention). I'm sure you are knowlegeable and skilled and awesome.
Thanks for all the questions and discussion folks. Lots of interesting perspectives shared in the comments!
Edit3:
Not that anyone cares at this point probably, but for what its worth in this example the hiring manager suggested the simple coding exercise for this candidate. Again sorry for any confusion. Really didn't expect my anecdote to blow up like this. Thanks for all the thoughts and opinions!<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,927 |
programmerhumor | RusskiEnigma | h8x1ktq | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Interviewed someone earlier this year for an entry level position. Candidate claimed to know some Java, C++, SQL, etc... Looked good on paper. Asked them to do a simple programming exercise. They had no idea where to start. To be fair, it can be intimidating to be put on the spot like that. But when given the option of using Google to help and they still can't demonstrate that they can think through a problem, or know how to search for a solution... pass.
For the curious: loop through a few text files to find a matching string. In the language of your choice. You can use Google if needed.
Edit: ahhh, my inbox & notifications! This got a lot more attention than I expected lol.
Edit2:
To add more detail, this was for a DevOps position at a large company in the USA. We use vendor software as well as in-house tools and utilities written in a variety of languages (Java, Python, Bash/shell) to manage the stack, deployments, push config changes, monitor server resources, etc... also on-call. We wear a lot of hats. If you know, you know.
During interviews we generally ask about background, experience, and projects, how they have solved past problems, overcome challenging issues, etc. Pretty standard stuff I think. Asking to solve hypothetical problems or do simple live coding exercises are another way to ascertain experience, comprehension, problem solving ability, logic, and so on. We ask questions of varying difficulty or complexity according to the position and person's experience.
In this case the interviewee was applying for an entry level position and did not have much experience. It was pretty clear they were 'green', but we wanted to give them a chance with the coding exercise. Unfortunately this person was not able to share any thoughts or ideas on how to solve the proposed problem. It was clear they were struggling, so we offered to let them use Google as a reference, but still they were unsure how to begin to solve the problem. I recall we proposed alternate ways of looking at the problem, e.g. as a block of text, as strings stored in variables, etc. No luck. The interview was quickly over after that.
To address a few common questions:
No, in this very simplified example you wouldn't necessarily need to write a full program, and yes grep or regex would have been acceptable. (Sorry if that wasn't clear). The point was to explain how one might go about doing a thing, in whatever way makes sense to you. Or explain even in theoretical concepts how one might do a thing. Share your thought process.
Yes, sometimes a task like this might come up on the job. Or be 1 part of a much larger task, or one-off cleanup, etc. Based on some of the responses, it sounds like quite a few people are familiar with this common scenario. No, that's not the only thing this team does (as mentioned above). No, you won't make $100k just to run grep, lol.
Also, no I'm not the hiring manager. I'm just an experienced software engineer in the department. We ride along on interviews sometimes to assist management with technical questions. Please don't PM me asking for a job. That's not why I shared this story (that somehow got a lot of attention). I'm sure you are knowlegeable and skilled and awesome.
Thanks for all the questions and discussion folks. Lots of interesting perspectives shared in the comments!
Edit3:
Not that anyone cares at this point probably, but for what its worth in this example the hiring manager suggested the simple coding exercise for this candidate. Again sorry for any confusion. Really didn't expect my anecdote to blow up like this. Thanks for all the thoughts and opinions!<|eor|><|sor|> with open("file.txt",'r') as f:
if 'string' in f.readlines():
return True
return False
I'll take $100k/yr full benefits, I want at least 16 vacation days a year and 10 hour work days mon-thur so I can have Friday off.
edit:
everyone is pointing out what's wrong with the code, a lot is wrong with the code, i wrote it on mobile in 5 minutes after just waking up. here's some working code, go nuts:
import os
def main():
directory = 'some_directory/'
for file in os.listdir(directory):
with open(directory+file,'r') as open_file:
for line in open_file.readlines():
if 'fish' in line:
print('Found string in '+str(file)+'\n'+line)
main()
and output:
=========== RESTART: F:\test code\reddit_called_me_out\find_string.py ==========
Found string in file.txt
the fish swam up
Found string in file2.txt
the fish swam up
>>><|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,582 |
programmerhumor | DarkScorpion48 | h8x48uf | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Because the market is oversaturated with candidates who write poor software. It is particularly difficult to find _good_ software developers.<|eor|><|sor|>This the right answer. In countries where firing people is difficult its important to be extra cautious in the hiring process. In 20 years of experience I can safely say 50% of all developers are mildly incompetent.
Edit: This blew up! Guys, its just based on gut feeling to put things in perspective. I dont have empirical evidence, lol.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,437 |
programmerhumor | vickera | h8wtp2z | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>7/10 people i interview have "expert level knowledge" in certain technologies. So I ask them expert level questions. After they completely whiff the first few, I go to some beginner questions. After the whiff those, their "expert level" knowledge suddenly turns into "I took a bootcamp about this topic 10 months ago"
It'd really help if they were just honest.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,118 |
programmerhumor | thislooksfun1 | h8xnxn9 | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I once interviewed with a company locally for an internship. They asked me to find the largest integer in an array. I asked afterwards, do many people get that right? They replied youd be surprised how many get it wrong.
**EDIT: To those suggesting sorting the array, remember that sorting takes O(nlogn) time at best. In order to consider all candidates in an array, the best youre gonna do is consider all candidates in an array! Which is O(n) time.**<|eor|><|sor|>randomise the list until it's in order and pick the last element<|eor|><|sor|>Bogosort, my favourite algorithm.<|eor|><|sor|>Hold on. That's a real thing? Gotta Google this one out.<|eor|><|sor|>It's my favorite sorting algorithm as well.
Have some pseudocode:
```
bogosort(arr):
while !isSorted(arr):
arr = shuffle(arr)
return arr
```
My other favorite is Assumption Sort; O(1) runtime, super efficient, and easy to implement in any language:
```
assumptionSort(arr):
// We assume the input is sorted
return arr<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 809 |
programmerhumor | thislooksfun1 | h8xmfvj | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I once interviewed with a company locally for an internship. They asked me to find the largest integer in an array. I asked afterwards, do many people get that right? They replied youd be surprised how many get it wrong.
**EDIT: To those suggesting sorting the array, remember that sorting takes O(nlogn) time at best. In order to consider all candidates in an array, the best youre gonna do is consider all candidates in an array! Which is O(n) time.**<|eor|><|sor|>randomise the list until it's in order and pick the last element<|eor|><|sor|>Bogosort!<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 731 |
programmerhumor | meliaesc | h8x20ug | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Interviewed someone earlier this year for an entry level position. Candidate claimed to know some Java, C++, SQL, etc... Looked good on paper. Asked them to do a simple programming exercise. They had no idea where to start. To be fair, it can be intimidating to be put on the spot like that. But when given the option of using Google to help and they still can't demonstrate that they can think through a problem, or know how to search for a solution... pass.
For the curious: loop through a few text files to find a matching string. In the language of your choice. You can use Google if needed.
Edit: ahhh, my inbox & notifications! This got a lot more attention than I expected lol.
Edit2:
To add more detail, this was for a DevOps position at a large company in the USA. We use vendor software as well as in-house tools and utilities written in a variety of languages (Java, Python, Bash/shell) to manage the stack, deployments, push config changes, monitor server resources, etc... also on-call. We wear a lot of hats. If you know, you know.
During interviews we generally ask about background, experience, and projects, how they have solved past problems, overcome challenging issues, etc. Pretty standard stuff I think. Asking to solve hypothetical problems or do simple live coding exercises are another way to ascertain experience, comprehension, problem solving ability, logic, and so on. We ask questions of varying difficulty or complexity according to the position and person's experience.
In this case the interviewee was applying for an entry level position and did not have much experience. It was pretty clear they were 'green', but we wanted to give them a chance with the coding exercise. Unfortunately this person was not able to share any thoughts or ideas on how to solve the proposed problem. It was clear they were struggling, so we offered to let them use Google as a reference, but still they were unsure how to begin to solve the problem. I recall we proposed alternate ways of looking at the problem, e.g. as a block of text, as strings stored in variables, etc. No luck. The interview was quickly over after that.
To address a few common questions:
No, in this very simplified example you wouldn't necessarily need to write a full program, and yes grep or regex would have been acceptable. (Sorry if that wasn't clear). The point was to explain how one might go about doing a thing, in whatever way makes sense to you. Or explain even in theoretical concepts how one might do a thing. Share your thought process.
Yes, sometimes a task like this might come up on the job. Or be 1 part of a much larger task, or one-off cleanup, etc. Based on some of the responses, it sounds like quite a few people are familiar with this common scenario. No, that's not the only thing this team does (as mentioned above). No, you won't make $100k just to run grep, lol.
Also, no I'm not the hiring manager. I'm just an experienced software engineer in the department. We ride along on interviews sometimes to assist management with technical questions. Please don't PM me asking for a job. That's not why I shared this story (that somehow got a lot of attention). I'm sure you are knowlegeable and skilled and awesome.
Thanks for all the questions and discussion folks. Lots of interesting perspectives shared in the comments!
Edit3:
Not that anyone cares at this point probably, but for what its worth in this example the hiring manager suggested the simple coding exercise for this candidate. Again sorry for any confusion. Really didn't expect my anecdote to blow up like this. Thanks for all the thoughts and opinions!<|eor|><|sor|> with open("file.txt",'r') as f:
if 'string' in f.readlines():
return True
return False
I'll take $100k/yr full benefits, I want at least 16 vacation days a year and 10 hour work days mon-thur so I can have Friday off.
edit:
everyone is pointing out what's wrong with the code, a lot is wrong with the code, i wrote it on mobile in 5 minutes after just waking up. here's some working code, go nuts:
import os
def main():
directory = 'some_directory/'
for file in os.listdir(directory):
with open(directory+file,'r') as open_file:
for line in open_file.readlines():
if 'fish' in line:
print('Found string in '+str(file)+'\n'+line)
main()
and output:
=========== RESTART: F:\test code\reddit_called_me_out\find_string.py ==========
Found string in file.txt
the fish swam up
Found string in file2.txt
the fish swam up
>>><|eor|><|sor|>I actually have this set up. But I'm a senior engineer and we just hired an engineer to be on the team I lead for 110k. Now is absolutely the time to put out your resume.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 731 |
programmerhumor | I_Was_Fox | h8xgpg2 | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I once interviewed with a company locally for an internship. They asked me to find the largest integer in an array. I asked afterwards, do many people get that right? They replied youd be surprised how many get it wrong.
**EDIT: To those suggesting sorting the array, remember that sorting takes O(nlogn) time at best. In order to consider all candidates in an array, the best youre gonna do is consider all candidates in an array! Which is O(n) time.**<|eor|><|sor|>Lol I had an easy question like this in my most recent interview for the job I have now. It was "find the length of a string" and I was like "can I just call string.length or..." And she laughed and said "I mean yeah but I want to see that you can do it manually too" and so I laughed and wrote it out. Great interview<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 684 |
programmerhumor | EvilShadeZz | h8xmgo9 | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I once interviewed with a company locally for an internship. They asked me to find the largest integer in an array. I asked afterwards, do many people get that right? They replied youd be surprised how many get it wrong.
**EDIT: To those suggesting sorting the array, remember that sorting takes O(nlogn) time at best. In order to consider all candidates in an array, the best youre gonna do is consider all candidates in an array! Which is O(n) time.**<|eor|><|sor|>randomise the list until it's in order and pick the last element<|eor|><|sor|>Bogosort, my favourite algorithm.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 545 |
programmerhumor | dontaggravation | h8x9uox | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Because boot camps and the like. I cant tell you the number of people I see going to software boot camps. Become a dev in 3 months. Just pay $4500 we will teach you angular, C#, html, CSS Youll be a developer
So many junior devs have come in without the first idea of how to think through a problem, how to solve a problem. They can tell you all about the syntax or esoterics of the language but dont know how to do anything
Ive tried to mentor several of them. Im a senior dev which just means Im really a junior dev thats made so many mistakes for so many years I can now be called senior. I can teach all kinds of things but I cant teach you how to like software development. I cant teach basic reasoning skills.
Such a glut of crappy devs or people interested in earning a massive income without any ability to do the job. Are you broke? Do you want a job? Theres always jobs for people with computer skills (brought to you by ITT Tech)<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 538 |
programmerhumor | ManagerOfLove | h8xaycv | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Companies are looking for GOOD developers, not somebody who knows the difference between a scripting language and C++. But most students could simply not gain those experiences and companies are not interested in teaching beginners. It is a closed loop, basically. Can not gain experience -> can not find a decent job -> can not gain experience without a decent job.
And well, of course this is hard, because somebody needs to break that vicious cycle. Mostly, this will do the one who wants the job. A degree is in these days not enough anymore.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 423 |
programmerhumor | henry_logan_1987 | h8xg4sc | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Because the market is oversaturated with candidates who write poor software. It is particularly difficult to find _good_ software developers.<|eor|><|sor|>This the right answer. In countries where firing people is difficult its important to be extra cautious in the hiring process. In 20 years of experience I can safely say 50% of all developers are mildly incompetent.
Edit: This blew up! Guys, its just based on gut feeling to put things in perspective. I dont have empirical evidence, lol.<|eor|><|sor|>This is spot on. We had 2 new hires over the past year. 1 is okay. The other is absolutely terrible and toxic. And its impossible to fire him. I cant even get him on a PIP because of office politics. Its making my work life miserable.<|eor|><|sor|>How do I get a job that's impossible to be fired from?<|eor|><|sor|>I am in Chicago. Ans I have seen this way, way too much.
Play your cards right and it will be very, very easy. First, you need to have a good resume. Be excellent at interviews. And you jump job every other year for 5-6 years. 1 year at a job is not enough to finish an impactful project. But it will be enough to get assigned on one to pad your resume. Now, you have options. You can continue to be technical and become an architect or lead that doesnt write a lot of code, you can go management, or you can do startups and get a big title.
Eventually you will get to the 10+ year mark. You want to get into a large Fortune 500 company thats not software based but has an IT department. Everyone is having so many meetings and doing so little work. You are barely going to get noticed if your output is low. Make sure you are not literally the worst on you team. You might not be up for promotions. But you will do fine. And if you could find transfer opportunity and hop teams/departments, so that too! That way you never build up bad reviews. Every time you transfer, you get a fresh start.
Edit: Doing this for another 10 years. You might be able to retire before you are 50 if you saved enough.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 422 |
programmerhumor | rothIsBadHeSaidSo | h8xlov0 | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I've interviewed for 3 software development jobs in the last 12 months. Each time it was mentioned that I didn't have as much experience as what they're looking for, that I don't know enough about the language, and that I don't have enough certifications or a degree to qualify.
This was after being told "Yeah I didn't even know what C++ was when I started! I thought I was interviewing for a different job! They trained me on the spot! It was so easy and fun!"
So probably what happened is it was super expensive to train the first few devs and then HR stepped in and said "We need people who already know what we need before we know what we need or we're wasting too much money on training."<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 406 |
programmerhumor | Emperor-Valtorei | h8xb8z6 | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I once interviewed with a company locally for an internship. They asked me to find the largest integer in an array. I asked afterwards, do many people get that right? They replied youd be surprised how many get it wrong.
**EDIT: To those suggesting sorting the array, remember that sorting takes O(nlogn) time at best. In order to consider all candidates in an array, the best youre gonna do is consider all candidates in an array! Which is O(n) time.**<|eor|><|sor|>I'm fucking stupid and i still immediately thought of a solution to the problem<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 376 |
programmerhumor | henry_logan_1987 | h8x7z5j | <|sols|><|sot|>Tech skill shortage<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/qifvkymhebh71.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Because the market is oversaturated with candidates who write poor software. It is particularly difficult to find _good_ software developers.<|eor|><|sor|>This the right answer. In countries where firing people is difficult its important to be extra cautious in the hiring process. In 20 years of experience I can safely say 50% of all developers are mildly incompetent.
Edit: This blew up! Guys, its just based on gut feeling to put things in perspective. I dont have empirical evidence, lol.<|eor|><|sor|>This is spot on. We had 2 new hires over the past year. 1 is okay. The other is absolutely terrible and toxic. And its impossible to fire him. I cant even get him on a PIP because of office politics. Its making my work life miserable.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 373 |
programmerhumor | Far_Calligrapher_215 | 103q1g9 | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 51,759 |
programmerhumor | khendron | j31jepp | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 3,373 |
programmerhumor | khendron | j31p24t | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|sor|>Does it mean 24 of you switched to his new company?<|eor|><|sor|>I may be exaggerating in that perhaps not all the referrals came through the first guy. I know he got at least 8 (including me), and after a few months there were about 30 of us from the old company at the new company. Some found their way there on their own, and some of the original 8 may have done referrals also creating a cascading effect :)
There was a lot of dissatisfaction at the old company.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,424 |
programmerhumor | AMGraduate564 | j31mrtp | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|sor|>Does it mean 24 of you switched to his new company?<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,021 |
programmerhumor | Far_Calligrapher_215 | j30hv7l | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Huh? What about pulling a programmers huge package?<|eor|><|soopr|>Isn't that what we're known for? Our huge schlongs<|eoopr|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 839 |
programmerhumor | TheFiftGuy | j30kpl2 | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Job++<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 573 |
programmerhumor | freefolkonly | j31rx9u | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|sor|>Does it mean 24 of you switched to his new company?<|eor|><|sor|>I may be exaggerating in that perhaps not all the referrals came through the first guy. I know he got at least 8 (including me), and after a few months there were about 30 of us from the old company at the new company. Some found their way there on their own, and some of the original 8 may have done referrals also creating a cascading effect :)
There was a lot of dissatisfaction at the old company.<|eor|><|sor|>Did Mr Dissatisfaction move to the new company eventually?<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 401 |
programmerhumor | HumunculiTzu | j31dj9u | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>While not a competitor, we did lose a lot of people to Salesforce who just announced 10% layoffs.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 282 |
programmerhumor | cheapcheap1 | j323ydt | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|sor|>Does it mean 24 of you switched to his new company?<|eor|><|sor|>I may be exaggerating in that perhaps not all the referrals came through the first guy. I know he got at least 8 (including me), and after a few months there were about 30 of us from the old company at the new company. Some found their way there on their own, and some of the original 8 may have done referrals also creating a cascading effect :)
There was a lot of dissatisfaction at the old company.<|eor|><|sor|>Did Mr Dissatisfaction move to the new company eventually?<|eor|><|sor|>Even bad hiring managers understand that people often leave because of poor management. If the new place has any sense at all, they'll understand that an employee exodus at company X makes managers from that company a risk and take appropriate actions. If they're a great hiring manager, they might even ask the employees who used to work with mr. Dissatisfaction. And if they fail to do any of that and stuipidly hire mr Dissatisfaction despite coming with more red flags that the USSR, well, the new company probably has plenty of mr. Dissatisfactions already.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 261 |
programmerhumor | RichCorinthian | j31t9yg | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|sor|>Any company that is hiring 25 developers at once is either an insanely large company or going through insane rates of growth, and in my experience neither one is great<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 259 |
programmerhumor | khendron | j31tz3m | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|sor|>Any company that is hiring 25 developers at once is either an insanely large company or going through insane rates of growth, and in my experience neither one is great<|eor|><|sor|>It wasn't *all* at once. It was over the course of a few months.
But the new company *was* expanding fast. They had just spun out of a larger parent company and were gearing up for and IPO during the dotcom boom. It was a fun few years until the bust came and the wheels came off.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 250 |
programmerhumor | Peni3ro | j31asct | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Why would they want only programmers with a huge package?<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 229 |
programmerhumor | Madk81 | j311tlf | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>I run a revshare guild where people can come on and off to learn all aspects of game dev. I had one guy who's work I loved so much I promoted him to other companies... Apparently one hired him,and he told me his new job is to harass me on all of social media, and get me banned by making up false allegations against me... You'd think being a nice guy pays off, nah, you just get exploited and hated even more.<|eor|><|sor|>wait, a company hired a game dev you recommended, in order to harass you online? like, thats his job? hes not making games anymore?
fishy story mate<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 192 |
programmerhumor | aGuyNamedScrunchie | j30jrpb | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Sounds like it's time to make like a rabbit and hop!
^^also ^^fuck<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 181 |
programmerhumor | ballpit-witch | j30uiq5 | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Huh? What about pulling a programmers huge package?<|eor|><|soopr|>Isn't that what we're known for? Our huge schlongs<|eoopr|><|sor|>Only the ones getting pulled according to your meme<|eor|><|sor|>Sadly my pull requests are never approved<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 172 |
programmerhumor | Tangurena | j31r7h2 | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Microsoft did this to Borland. Legend has it that they parked a limo out front of the Borland office and the recruiters in the back were authorized to write very large checks. Hired almost all of the compiler team. Killed Borland's compiler division. I believe the new guys were the ones who developed Visual Studio and .NET.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 145 |
programmerhumor | datvm | j31fv27 | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>Disgusting indeed. Imagine hiring only programmers with 3GB `node_modules` folders.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 137 |
programmerhumor | denis_denis05 | j31za1a | <|sols|><|sot|>For real though<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/mpx0v8xj67aa1.jpg<|eol|><|sor|>One time a coworker left for another company and we all gave him a copy of our resumes when he left. The guy got something like 24 referral bonuses.<|eor|><|sor|>Does it mean 24 of you switched to his new company?<|eor|><|sor|>I may be exaggerating in that perhaps not all the referrals came through the first guy. I know he got at least 8 (including me), and after a few months there were about 30 of us from the old company at the new company. Some found their way there on their own, and some of the original 8 may have done referrals also creating a cascading effect :)
There was a lot of dissatisfaction at the old company.<|eor|><|sor|>Did Mr Dissatisfaction move to the new company eventually?<|eor|><|sor|>No, you didn't understand. In fact, there was no "Mr Dissatisfaction". As it probably seems, there were LOTS of them misters<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 122 |
programmerhumor | bhatushar | ink6yz | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 51,733 |
programmerhumor | eyekwah2 | g482cc6 | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>*sigh*
*invents magic*<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 3,179 |
programmerhumor | FishySwede | g483w37 | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>Come on, as long as they think what we do is magic, we'll get paid decently.
If they understand what we do they'll just be afraid.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 2,508 |
programmerhumor | Da_Viper | g482vo7 | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>*sigh*
*invents magic*<|eor|><|sor|>Nah `#include <Magic>`<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,755 |
programmerhumor | bhatushar | g483p7e | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>*sigh*
*invents magic*<|eor|><|sor|>Nah `#include <Magic>`<|eor|><|soopr|>Nah `from ass import magic`<|eoopr|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,590 |
programmerhumor | bhatushar | g4840yj | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>Come on, as long as they think what we do is magic, we'll get paid decently.
If they understand what we do they'll just be afraid.<|eor|><|soopr|>Haha, good point.
It reminds me of a quote I heard in one of those MIT AI lectures. Paraphrasing.
"Once we understand how the intelligence works, it doesn't seem half as intelligent."<|eoopr|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,060 |
programmerhumor | Thetman38 | g483h9w | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>The amount of times I've explained my code using the term "auto-magically" is too damn high<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 627 |
programmerhumor | Ch00singBeggar | g484ywk | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>*sigh*
*invents magic*<|eor|><|sor|>Nah `#include <Magic>`<|eor|><|soopr|>Nah `from ass import magic`<|eoopr|><|sor|>> import world.com.extras.magic.MagicFactory;<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 486 |
programmerhumor | mistahj0517 | g4888db | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>Come on, as long as they think what we do is magic, we'll get paid decently.
If they understand what we do they'll just be afraid.<|eor|><|soopr|>Haha, good point.
It reminds me of a quote I heard in one of those MIT AI lectures. Paraphrasing.
"Once we understand how the intelligence works, it doesn't seem half as intelligent."<|eoopr|><|sor|>I feel like everything becomes much less impressive the moment you figure out how to do it or replicate it yourself.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 398 |
programmerhumor | andai | g488njz | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>Come on, as long as they think what we do is magic, we'll get paid decently.
If they understand what we do they'll just be afraid.<|eor|><|soopr|>Haha, good point.
It reminds me of a quote I heard in one of those MIT AI lectures. Paraphrasing.
"Once we understand how the intelligence works, it doesn't seem half as intelligent."<|eoopr|><|sor|>I feel like everything becomes much less impressive the moment you figure out how to do it or replicate it yourself.<|eor|><|sor|>I mean, if *I* can understand it, then it can't be that hard!<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 390 |
programmerhumor | Parachuteee | g486elg | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>I don't think it's a local network data streaming type of thing. It probably uses sockets to send data between you and the server (and then eventually your other devices).<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 288 |
programmerhumor | bhatushar | g483ky3 | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>The amount of times I've explained my code using the term "auto-magically" is too damn high<|eor|><|soopr|>It's the new "Did XXX using algorithms".<|eoopr|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 270 |
programmerhumor | whattheclap | g485txp | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>*sigh*
*invents magic*<|eor|><|sor|>Nah `#include <Magic>`<|eor|><|soopr|>Nah `from ass import magic`<|eoopr|><|sor|>> import world.com.extras.magic.MagicFactory;<|eor|><|sor|>import * as magic from world.sol;<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 226 |
programmerhumor | KingOfVim | g4876gx | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>If my code was described as magic I'd be pretty happy tbh...<|eor|><|sor|>[removed]<|eor|><|sor|>I designed it to do that. ( )<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 225 |
programmerhumor | Schiffy94 | g486lrh | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>The amount of times I've explained my code using the term "auto-magically" is too damn high<|eor|><|soopr|>It's the new "Did XXX using algorithms".<|eoopr|><|sor|>We used CODING and ALGORITHMS to solve the problem!<|eor|><|sor|>if(goingToCrashIntoEachOther)
don't;<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 219 |
programmerhumor | CDno_Mlqko | g4835ll | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>Nah, they just send HTTP data that includes song id and time through the server.<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 196 |
programmerhumor | Famous_Profile | g4877bh | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>*sigh*
*invents magic*<|eor|><|sor|>Nah `#include <Magic>`<|eor|><|soopr|>Nah `from ass import magic`<|eoopr|><|sor|>> import world.com.extras.magic.MagicFactory;<|eor|><|sor|>import * as magic from world.sol;<|eor|><|sor|> using World.Supernatural.Magic;<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 195 |
programmerhumor | car_crash_kid | g485wnt | <|sols|><|sot|>All the software work "automagically"<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/rvu5gerceil51.png<|eol|><|sor|>Tbh having your work be called magic sounds like a good compliment<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 143 |
programmerhumor | captainepeper | sz0enz | <|sols|><|sot|>I made a node package to clean your terminal with a squeegee<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/ry778w3angj81.gif<|eol|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 51,699 |
programmerhumor | Cold-Simple947 | hy0x0p3 | <|sols|><|sot|>I made a node package to clean your terminal with a squeegee<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/ry778w3angj81.gif<|eol|><|sor|>I love how it cleans the corner at the end, Soo satisfying<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 4,176 |
programmerhumor | WhyNotHugo | hy16hhr | <|sols|><|sot|>I made a node package to clean your terminal with a squeegee<|eot|><|sol|>https://i.redd.it/ry778w3angj81.gif<|eol|><|sor|>The final swipe on all the borders would leave water stains all around the middle. You need to swipe top to bottom catching all the bits on the side.
Programmers nowadays don't know how to clean windows!<|eor|><|eols|><|endoftext|> | 1,863 |
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