>be me >be computer programmer >looking for new job >do online coding interviews >interview sites want everything done manually >no higher level cheats like algorithms.sorting.bubble_sort() >must have excessive documentation, b/c most plebs can't be trusted to write intuitive, concise functions >i do the coding interviews >write clean code >get knocked by interviewers for not "showing [I] really know how bubble sort works" and for not writing comments >see correct solution and it's regex >fuck regex >whatever, I guess I'll keep trying >Part 2: The Disappointment >find new job opportunity >a place I actually want to work >see all of my skills being used there in harmony for the greater good >self_transcendence.jpg >do the coding interview >write big, stupid documentation >use regex >send in my resume and cover letter that I stayed up until 4am making >feel good about it. can't wait. >get email back from company >"Unfortunately, your programming skills are not a good fit for this position." >says my programming skills are not good enough >says I use too much documentation >says regex was a subpar solution >the correct solutions were my original ones >I email the company back saying thanks for their input
Try explaining your situation to this company, or sending in a resume again later doing it the 'right' way
Sebastian Turner
Thanks. I did send back an email saying as much, but it's possible I will come off as making excuses for myself. I may reapply later this year.
On its own, the situation is fine, and kind of comical. In the bigger picture, I always seem to do X when I should have done Y.
Christopher Lopez
nobody here is your friend and nobody cares if you kill yourself. go blogpost on tumblr
Asher Miller
Despite programming for work, I have never used bubblesor or any of the other algorithms taught alongside it since class 17 years ago. Is it really this common for employers to ask these things?
Blake Robinson
Exactly. That's what makes this worse. Yes, it is common.
Connor Murphy
Try again, user. A good programmer is something every company wants.
You did not fail at programming. You only failed at showcasing your skills. Keep trying!
Andrew Scott
Who the fuck makes you use bubble sort? It's retarded for any array larger than four elements.
Cameron Perez
Bubble sort is literally only used for teaching purposes because its the most intuitive of the sorting algorithms. It is totally worthless otherwise
Hunter Rodriguez
Yeah I feel the same way. These algorithms and code puzzlers are soul crushing boring and have nothing to do with reality.
Gabriel Collins
Are you kidding, I don't even remember how to use bubble sort cause selection sort is so much goddamn better and more intuitive.
>>fuck regex Stopped reading right here. Fuck YOU.
Joseph Diaz
Bubble sort is fine for fixed size two element arrays. :^)
Jack Robinson
I don't actually hate regex. I'm just being resentful.
Owen Hughes
On the Homebrew author's application rejection from Google >But ultimately, should Google have hired me? Yes, absolutely yes. I am often a dick, I am often difficult, I often don’t know computer science, but. BUT. I make really good things, maybe they aren't perfect, but people really like them. Surely, surely Google could have used that.
>Invert a binary tree This seems like a pretty stupid thing to do. Why not just change the way the tree is interpreted. For example just visit left node before right if a static boolean is flipped on. Seems a whole lot more efficient than flipping the whole tree for no gain at all.
Christian Taylor
Your suggesting that I should kill myself makes me not want to kill myself as much. The bamboozle is on you.
Leo Anderson
Thanks I can always appreciate a good bamboozler even if it was created by a little retarded kid.
Oliver Diaz
Tech interviews seem like the blind leading the blind. Companies that give you a project to take home and work on for two weeks are smarter. If you want me to prove I can do something, give me THAT THING to do.
James Diaz
>no higher level cheats >solution is regex Isn't regex just a higher level cheat to create a ton of loops and comparisons for you?
Ayden Reyes
It's pants on head retarded that you have to solve problems to get to an interview and then do some whiteboard fucking shit just for your interview to fail when normie-MBA-roastie HR asks some shit like "so why do you think you would fit our organization" and detects that you're abnormal.
bitch you want me to WORK HARD just to get the opportunity of spending 10 hours of my life every day making money for the CEO until I'm fucking 75? The tech industry is the biggest fuckign cancer there is. I just want to do my emulation projects and other fun stuff
Angel Bailey
No
Nolan Murphy
>just for your interview to fail when normie-MBA-roastie HR asks some shit like "so why do you think you would fit our organization" Too real
