[mrgill]

Fascinating that he wanted an expert C developer with a PHD who'd build stuff in one third of the time it takes others.

[thumbuddy]

Hiring C developers back in the day was smart. It meant someone knew computers as much as they knew software.

[intelVISA]

Hiring C/C++/Rust devs and retraining (stupefying) them where necessary is prob a lifehack to get top talent without having to sift through 1000s of Js resumes.

[fer]

That pro-tip has been used on me, I haven't touched them in ages, leaving my C/C++ skills rusty (pun intended).

[thumbuddy]

Nothing wrong with that unless you got Catfished into a role or aren't enjoying your job.

[ant6n]

…probably for _one third_ the pay!