linear cannon
every once in a while i have a really good job interview for something i am serious about, and then i walk away worried, and then later on i realize i did several things in the interview that probably gave off a very strong and menacing aura that i can only summarize as "manic pixie unix greybeard"
Feb 19 at 1:18amWeb
Show threadlinear cannonFeb 19
example from several years ago: the high level C++ speaking interviewer's supposed "C coding exercise", a piece of broken code i was meant to fix, that was actually C++

i was like 'oh, this isn't C, this is C++, it uses references. that syntax is not in C. here, let me rewrite that into an equivalently broken C version that uses pointers, and then i'll fix it'
Show threadlinear cannonFeb 19
example from today: a 1 hour coding challenge during which the team interviewing me encouraged that i use a search engine to find information, api references, etc

i realized just now, hours later, that i never once opened a search, and instead exclusively used local man pages and such
Show threadlinear cannonFeb 19
this was not even a conscious decision, other factors steered me into taking an approach where i didn't end up needing to look at anything else except the reference gist and some C api documentation
Show threadlinear cannonFeb 19
the challenge might as well have been something like an advent of code exercise. i enjoyed it but did not quite complete it, but completing it wasn't the point. i probably still would've benefitted from doing some web searching anyway
Show threadzardoruFeb 21

@linear

sometimes demonstrating that you have something to add means educating others. it is unfortunate that that is somehow seen as threatening

Show threadkessler herd immunityFeb 19
@linear i would say that's the aura you give off, yes