| > so I dont really remember the commands nor see the value in putting effort into it curiosity? knowing everything you can about the world around you? having used what is possibly the most critical piece of software for working with other people that you encountered some rare exception to common workflows that required you to learn more about the plumbing? > It is like asking about vsCode shortcuts (it'd probably be even more useful, since you spend more time in your editor) My editor isn't vscode, so vscode shortcuts wouldn't be helpful to me, the interviever. But again, it's about ability to work with others, the demonstration that you understand systems that you could get away without knowing. You're right, you can be productive while understanding nothing about git, that doesn't mean you're good, or competent, just productive. I don't want to hire people who can write thousands of lines of code, I want to hire people who can do the same in just 100 lines. > than boring tools which can be used in various ways that's really what it comes down to isn't it. It's not interesting to you so you don't want to invest the time in learning it because it's boring. I doubt anyone would agree knowing fewer things is better, so I cant help but read this as sharpening my ax is boring, so I just don't do it. |
> curiosity? knowing everything you can about the world around you?
There is far more out there to learn than I have time and energy to learn. "Here's something you can learn" does not even begin to reach the bar of "I should learn this".
> having used what is possibly the most critical piece of software for working with other people that you encountered some rare exception to common workflows that required you to learn more about the plumbing?
With one exception, everywhere I have worked has not used git. The one exception used it for one or two years. I know more about four other version control systems than I do about git.
And, since you're talking about learning to use the most critical piece of software for working with other people, and chewing out the GP for not wanting to invest the time... why don't you begin your sentences with capital letters? Written English is one of the most critical pieces of, not software exactly, but at least "tech", for working with other people.