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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 10:48 am
(October 30, 2023 at 10:24 am)Ravenshire Wrote: (October 29, 2023 at 10:08 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: I am pretty sure. In Mono (not the famous one having something to do with NET framework, some Croatian one), they gave me a task to make a CRUD list of cars using ReactJS and MobX in a month. I had barely heard about ReactJS and I hadn't even heard about MobX, so I failed at it and they rejected me.
So, apparently you need to find a company looking for incompetent employees.
I have always thought companies were, at the interviews, asking algorithmic problems. You know, depth-first search, inverting a binary tree, sorting a linked list in O(n*log(n)) time... something like that. And I think that, at one point, they were indeed asking such questions. But now they have learned the lesson not to do that. Right when I need to get my first job.
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 11:15 am
(October 30, 2023 at 8:53 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: (October 30, 2023 at 3:37 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Well, maybe the next fish cannery will hire you.
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And what do computer engineers do at fish canneries?
They can fish. Duh.
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 11:34 am
You can tuna a piano but you can't tuna fish.
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 11:42 am
(October 30, 2023 at 10:48 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: (October 30, 2023 at 10:24 am)Ravenshire Wrote: So, apparently you need to find a company looking for incompetent employees.
I have always thought companies were, at the interviews, asking algorithmic problems. You know, depth-first search, inverting a binary tree, sorting a linked list in O(n*log(n)) time... something like that. And I think that, at one point, they were indeed asking such questions. But now they have learned the lesson not to do that. Right when I need to get my first job.
Are you really saying you're disappointed that companies (in your view) are no longer looking for incompetent candidates and that's disappointing to you because you won't be able to get a job?!?
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 12:13 pm
(October 30, 2023 at 11:34 am)Angrboda Wrote: You can tuna a piano but you can't tuna fish.
Then why do they have scales?
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 12:15 pm
(October 30, 2023 at 11:34 am)Angrboda Wrote: You can tuna a piano but you can't tuna fish.
I think you put a GOTO in that sentence somewhere. Have you checked the code?
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 12:32 pm
(October 30, 2023 at 11:42 am)Ravenshire Wrote: (October 30, 2023 at 10:48 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I have always thought companies were, at the interviews, asking algorithmic problems. You know, depth-first search, inverting a binary tree, sorting a linked list in O(n*log(n)) time... something like that. And I think that, at one point, they were indeed asking such questions. But now they have learned the lesson not to do that. Right when I need to get my first job.
Are you really saying you're disappointed that companies (in your view) are no longer looking for incompetent candidates and that's disappointing to you because you won't be able to get a job?!?
Well... yes.
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 1:36 pm
(October 30, 2023 at 12:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (October 30, 2023 at 11:34 am)Angrboda Wrote: You can tuna a piano but you can't tuna fish.
Then why do they have scales?
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My mistake. You can tune a piano and you "can" tuna fish.
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 1:48 pm
(October 30, 2023 at 12:32 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: (October 30, 2023 at 11:42 am)Ravenshire Wrote: Are you really saying you're disappointed that companies (in your view) are no longer looking for incompetent candidates and that's disappointing to you because you won't be able to get a job?!?
Well... yes.
If you're incompetent and know it, wouldn't that indicate you're not ready to take the position?
Please, do not try for any jobs that design health safety equipment or equipment used in national defence of any country.
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 30, 2023 at 1:53 pm
(October 30, 2023 at 1:48 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: (October 30, 2023 at 12:32 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Well... yes.
If you're incompetent and know it, wouldn't that indicate you're not ready to take the position?
Please, do not try for any jobs that design health safety equipment or equipment used in national defence of any country.
Or critical thinking skills.
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