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reason enough to fail the interview (lemmy.nz)

submitted 6 days ago by groctel@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

When I was a kid and my mother was teaching me to read SQL, she really drove home that Elegance is in the eye of the beholder. While a C++ dev finds beauty in reducing a signal processing step to O(n) by recursing through five lines of bitwise ingenuity, a SQL dev finds radiance in completing the task without using any loops at all.

[-] Dimantina@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

Alright to anyone who would question this statement. I am a mom, and have had extremely similar conversations with my kid regarding programming and perspectives.

Seriously it's important for problem solving to not get caught up in perfect solutions or solutions you think are the right path be cause of your own bias'.

Sometimes to solve a problem you are stuck on, or is proving too challenging the best course of action is to figure out why you are trying to solve it that way, and what other solutions there might be.

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 days ago

When I was a kid and my mother was teaching me to read SQL

Why would a mother do this, I'm horrified

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

In the case of my mother, she's pretty autistic and a very well known data scientist. This was her way of teaching me how she relates to the world - I'm quite grateful to her for it; it has given me a love of programming and allowed me get a great deal closer with her.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

My mom taught me ORM. I'd rather have had the SQL mom.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago

It's Bobby Tables.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

I am disappointed when someone comes into my career (systems analysis) without the ability to do even a simple SQL statement and it's become common since my employer realised they had too few analysts and hired 20 in my area for three of us to train

More mothers should teach their kids to query