Comments on: Feeling Somewhat Stupid http://www.devpicayune.com/entry/200604170051 picayune: of little value or importance Mon, 31 May 2010 21:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brandon http://www.devpicayune.com/entry/200604170051/comment-page-1#comment-13 Brandon Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:16:26 +0000 #comment-13 When Python (or Ruby) start feeling complicated, I'd back up and start asking why. There are new language features that are a level of complexity above the norm, but most of these are submitted by or written for library implementors (Stackless, Twisted) to make their life easier. Writing in a scripting language shouldn't be (and isn't) that complicated. <br/> <br/>Frankly, I think these interview techniques are bogus for most companies ... at my old company, if I could've found somebody to answer all those questions, we wouldn't have been able to pay them enough money to take the job anyway. I'm assuming Amazon.com can pretty much pick and choose who they want. <br/> <br/>Of course, this could all be an elaborate smoke screen that my mind has come up with to cope with my mediocrity. If so, it's working. :) When Python (or Ruby) start feeling complicated, I’d back up and start asking why. There are new language features that are a level of complexity above the norm, but most of these are submitted by or written for library implementors (Stackless, Twisted) to make their life easier. Writing in a scripting language shouldn’t be (and isn’t) that complicated.

Frankly, I think these interview techniques are bogus for most companies … at my old company, if I could’ve found somebody to answer all those questions, we wouldn’t have been able to pay them enough money to take the job anyway. I’m assuming Amazon.com can pretty much pick and choose who they want.

Of course, this could all be an elaborate smoke screen that my mind has come up with to cope with my mediocrity. If so, it’s working. :)

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