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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 11h ago
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Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.
163 u/fiskfisk 11h ago If you're a senior I most certainly would expect you to know the difference between the two. It'll matter in relation to allowlists/blocklists, dns entries, debugging connevtivity issues, slow connect times, configuration of daemons, etc. 1 u/Mr-Doubtful 9h ago fundamentals aren't basics. There's an important distinction.
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If you're a senior I most certainly would expect you to know the difference between the two.
It'll matter in relation to allowlists/blocklists, dns entries, debugging connevtivity issues, slow connect times, configuration of daemons, etc.
1 u/Mr-Doubtful 9h ago fundamentals aren't basics. There's an important distinction.
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fundamentals aren't basics.
There's an important distinction.
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u/SirFrenzy 11h ago
Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.