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by lobotryas 4309 days ago
"Inferior" is a strong word, but coders who are not given time at work to improve their skills (this is usually the case) and who never code/read about coding outside of work stagnate. I've interviewed many people like this - decades of experience, impressive sounding resume - who couldn't do fizzBuzz.

I would prefer to hire someone who has work/life balance and codes for fun on their own time over someone who's strictly a 9-5 developer.

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I'm guessing you're exaggerating here but I'm curious - how could someone with decades of experience not do FizzBuzz? I can't wrap my head around it.