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reason enough to fail the interview (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

Sure but as I said, that's a knowledge question and not an engineering problem to solve. They're very different and unless you work in software consulting, you're not gonna get a problem that looks remotely like that from a client.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    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."

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