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As an EE, when someone explains they need SQL, all the other hallucinated semantic handlebars to compute, I move on.

Abacus, slide rule, grid paper, mechanical pencil, or gtfo!

IT is data librarian work. I compute with raw materials of reality, not 1970s semantic babble. Software as an industry has a lot of fat to cut.

…The argument can work from various contexts. Not the flex you think it is.

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If said candidate's whiteboard response doesn't use at least two main spurving bearings, culture fit comes into question.

You should really check out Agile if you want to understand why software is so messed up now. It’s been perverted to basically mean “rush out product features every two weeks that product managers think are interesting” in many places.

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