Interviewers getting younger

[suityou01]

Define weird.

Cojak

HTH

[Wilmslow]

Cojak

HTH

Just because she would not let you lick her lollipop....

[NigelJK]

Just mention AT Clone next time and watch the reaction when you explain.

[SunnyInHades]

Blimey these guys this morning looked like they needed some milk, cookies and nap time.

Does your Mum know your here?

Referring back to coding technologies they "had heard of", which seemed like yesterday.

Stop the planet, I want to get off.

This'll sort out those know-it-all young Agile/story board/sprint whipper snappers:

// What does the following C++ line output and why ?
int a = 10; int *b = &a; cout << *b << endl;

[suityou01]

This'll sort out those know-it-all young Agile/story board/sprint whipper snappers:

// What does the following C++ line output and why ?
int a = 10; int *b = &a; cout << *b << endl;

I want to say 10 as you set the pointer b to be the reference a.


Then again you are outputting the pointer not the variable.

[DimPrawn]

I want to say 10 as you set the pointer b to be the reference a.


Then again you are outputting the pointer not the variable.

Wrong!

It outputs this:

[VectraMan]

Then again you are outputting the pointer not the variable.

Agile/story board/sprint whipper snapper obviously. Then again so is SIH for not using printf.

There was an entertaining thread a few years back where some "programmers" were up in arms at being expected to know that i<<2 was equivalent to multiplying by four.

[Platypus]

Then again you are outputting the pointer not the variable.

No he's not, the *b dereferences the pointer, ergo rsult is 10.


IIRC

[DimPrawn]

Programming and Software Development have diverged.

Programmers know how to implement a doubly linked list using pointers to pointers in one line of code.

Software Developers know the differences between docker, puppet, chef and vagrant and what the state of each beta release is at.


In the past it was acceptable to be a C++ programmer, now you need in-depth knowledge of 50+ open source projects that change on a daily basis.

[OwlHoot]

There was an entertaining thread a few years back where some "programmers" were up in arms at being expected to know that i<<2 was equivalent to multiplying by four.

provided neither of the two high-order bits are set, bacause they will be discarded.

(although I suppose the same would happen if one multiplied by 4, if an exception wasn't raised)