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by MonaroVXR 1099 days ago
> but he barely knew some common programming terms like what a type was, or how he had to declare something beforehand in order to use it. We never really found out why he didn't know these things because he was so softspoken and shut down at any attempt to understand why he was having trouble.

I had the same when applying to several jobs as web developer, bother me a lot, since they were making money, but had no idea how to explain the most basic things, such as that React is a library not a framework. It's literally on the landing page.

Second thing for applying for a job is... if I don't get accepted I want to know how to improve, but I haven't heard anything.