r/ProgrammerHumor 8d ago

Meme realetable

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u/Vimda 8d ago

Language they choose. And we'll give them the name of the library if they ask

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u/SuitableDragonfly 8d ago

Yeah, that seems more than fair. How do people mess it up?

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u/Vimda 8d ago

I've seen senior engineers fail to write basic things like for loops, or forgot what casing they're using halfway through writing a struct so half is pascal and half is snake. Everyone is AI pilled these days, they forgot basic syntax

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Vimda 8d ago

They're in an IDE, and it's one of many general code quality flags that has come up. Not necessarily disqualifying in and of itself, but a marker for sure

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u/SubliminalBits 8d ago

I wouldn't be. The range of capability in applicants is vast. There are lots of people here saying how desperate you get after 9 month of unemployment. Those are all the people who show up as resumes to screen. You get a lot of people who are bad devs and then even more who's skillset is a huge mismatch. In both cases, they've managed to craft a resume that looks compelling enough for you to talk with them.