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arrow-up11arrow-down1imagereason enough to fail the interviewlemmy.worldgroctel@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square139linkfedilink
minus-square1rre@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSure but as I said, that’s a knowledge question and not an engineering problem to solve. They’re very different and unless you work in software consulting, you’re not gonna get a problem that looks remotely like that from a client.
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou actually get them all the time, because the programmer is more deeply knowledgeable about the features they wrote and can identify gaps better. Boss: “Can we move the widget to the left side of the page?” Programmer: “Sure but that means when the sidebar opens it will obscure the widget, making it hard to see both at the same time. Do we want that?” Boss: “Hmm I didn’t consider that. Let me ask the UX team what they think.”
minus-square1rre@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago“Can we move the widget to the left side of the page” is not in the same category as “what is a hash” though?
Sure but as I said, that’s a knowledge question and not an engineering problem to solve. They’re very different and unless you work in software consulting, you’re not gonna get a problem that looks remotely like that from a client.
You actually get them all the time, because the programmer is more deeply knowledgeable about the features they wrote and can identify gaps better.
Boss: “Can we move the widget to the left side of the page?”
Programmer: “Sure but that means when the sidebar opens it will obscure the widget, making it hard to see both at the same time. Do we want that?”
Boss: “Hmm I didn’t consider that. Let me ask the UX team what they think.”
“Can we move the widget to the left side of the page” is not in the same category as “what is a hash” though?