Comment by Leonardo Maldonado on "Am I just a terrible developer?"

Leonardo Maldonado

I work with powerful technologies to help companies succeed. JavaScript, React, TypeScript, GraphQL.

Mar 11, 2019

I don't think that you should know every concept about array manipulation or Big O Notation, you just need to be good in something that you like. That's it. Maybe you just need to get out of your comfort zone and build more things that you don't think you were able to. And to be honest, you're not going to apply all of those concepts like Big O Notation every day at your work.

Jimmy

I get distracted easily by new thi--...OOHH SHINY!

Mar 11, 2019

Yeah, this is another thing that kind of irks me. The tests are always on raw fundamental code. It'd be nice if they tested you on making a web app if you're applying for a web dev role, y'know? Stuff you'll be making or using everyday. But then, the fundamentals are there for a reason. If you know your fundamentals well, you can program pretty much anything regardless of frameworks or languages...

Thanks for the reply though! The interview at least revealed what I need to work on more and like you said, get out of my comfort zone and into the raw fundamental zone. :)

Mark

Mar 11, 2019

Well, it revealed that it's not your speciality. It also revealed you've rarely needed it before. So I wouldn't say you need to work on it, as it's apparently not very useful.

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