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by jasonlotito 4517 days ago
Different things depending on what we are hiring for. It also depends on how people present themselves. Algorithms, protocols, software design, data structures.

Hell, there are times I'd be happy if people just understood the difference between TCP and UDP, or knew how to make an HTTP request. I guess it would be a lot easier if we were just looking for code monkeys to follow orders.