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by bboygravity 496 days ago
It's crazy that with that amount of experience you wouldn't get the job, just because you lack some modern C++ info in your brain's memory. Stuff you could search for or ask an LLM in 5 seconds (or even look up in a freaking physical book). You'd probably be fully up to date within a few weeks.

Says a lot about the people hiring imo. Good luck to them finding someone who can recite C++ spec from memory.
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jpc0 496 days ago
If you last worked on Pre templates C++ and now need to work on a template heavy codebase you are effectively writing in a different language. I don't think it will be a few weeks of catching up.
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DidYaWipe 493 days ago
Wow, that must be a very long time ago. Templates were around when I started (if I remember correctly), or soon after.

Which reminds me of something I hate more than header files: macros.

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DidYaWipe 493 days ago
Ha, thanks, and obviously true. But I can understand companies wanting people who can just march into their codebase and "hit the ground running," I guess.

I don't need the stress anyway. The dough would've been nice, though...

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