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That's not being fair. That's your own problem. I'm also a self-taught programmer, but I don't feel like I need to compare myself to her.

The point is that she didn't fit the requirements of the job.

As a result, she did not get the job. That's pretty much end of story. If the job requires her to be "experienced with JS", that means that they want her to know the language.

And it's not just modulo. She didn't know how to convert a timecode string to seconds.

I have no idea how someone like that would be able to understand the code. Nor why she would think that "it's okay" not knowing those things and yet be an engineer at their company.

To repeat what has been said - she was not applying to a job as a designer. She was applying to a job as an engineer and designer. She didn't meet at least half the criteria (and she didn't have degrees, which is probably why they even asked her those questions to test what actual knowledge she has).

efbbbfon Pure CSS FizzBuzz

>doesn't specify what level of knowledge is expected of you. Familiarity? Proficiency? Master? Do you need to know how v8 interprets Javascript?

It says "experienced with OO JS". That's vague, but not so vague that it can mean "I don't even know the basic operators of the language".

And that from someone who claims they can "teach others to code". (http://notlaura.com/services/teach-me-to-fish/)

efbbbfon Pure CSS FizzBuzz

>and descriptions that are not representative of the job they're trying to hire for.

The position is described as a UX engineer and designer, and the applicant is expected to be experienced with JS and various frameworks for it.

The story seems to be more about a person who can't read and feels entitled to a job position they're not fit for. They were unable to display knowledge of basic for loops and conditionals and they were unable to convert a timecode string into seconds. Both of which are basically tests for "does this person even understand programming". Which they obviously don't because they wrote "OMG MATH" to a problem consisting only of the most basic logical concepts.

Maybe next time they should apply for a job that doesn't require programming knowledge.

efbbbfon A re-introduction to JavaScript

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7169513

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3569893

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1524450

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=601967

efbbbfon A Russian TV Insider Describes a Modern Propaganda Machine

Well, with Russia's already severe lack of independent media or freedom of speech and the active repression of both, things are certainly looking a lot bleaker than anywhere in the west, including the US.

efbbbfon China’s Pearl River Delta overtakes Tokyo as world’s largest megacity

>The total area of the Pearl River Delta is about 40,000 km^2.

The definition of the urban land for PRD and Tokyo as used by the World Bank report is ~7000 square kilometers (PRD) and ~5500 square kilometers (Tokyo).

They do not count the entirety of either of the two. For the aforementioned areas (that they deemed urban land), they estimated them to have populations of around 42M (PRD) and around 31M (Tokyo).

This area excludes Hong Kong and many other parts.

Grauniad did a very poor job at getting the World Bank report's message across.

efbbbfon Hacked emails reveal China’s Internet propaganda machine

It never explicitly states that the "this size or bigger" refers to its population, it could be area.

efbbbfon How we made editing Wikipedia twice as fast

> while page views are static.

They're static?

http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyAllProje...

Sept 2014 - 23.1B views

Sept 2013 - 17.9B

Sept 2012 - 19.1B

Sept 2011 - 15.8B