groctel@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoreason enough to fail the interviewlemmy.worldimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1904
arrow-up1904imagereason enough to fail the interviewlemmy.worldgroctel@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square155fedilink
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month 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-up1·1 month 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?
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI don’t think the “what is a hash” question was a great example, but paired with the rest of the comment and context, I understood their point
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?
I don’t think the “what is a hash” question was a great example, but paired with the rest of the comment and context, I understood their point