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by w4ffl35 1499 days ago
> hate to imagine how many startups out there don't even create indexes and just consider it to be a database problem and increase CPU/RAM

I've worked for a few of those fairly recently. I also worked for a place that was running on a fully custom codebase, no framework, php with all sql scattered through each page and all the devs using their individual machines to ssh into a central dev computer to work (tell people which file you're working on first). No version control of course.

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> No version control of course.

This is an automatic fail for an employer. In interviews I ask, if it comes up I interrupt the discussion, verify, and if they truly develop without valid source control/revision control - I end the interview and inform the recruiter NFW and why.

I'm not saying I don't use version control. The company I worked at 14 years ago wasn't using version control. They are now.