Code Review Paradox: Eagle Eyes For Others, Blind As A Bat For Self

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Content "A different error message! Finally some 930 progress!" 25

Ah, the classic C++ compiler error that haunts every novice (and sometimes veteran) programmer! Forget to #include <vector> at the top of your file? Congratulations, you've just been vectored – ambushed by compiler errors more cryptic than ancient hieroglyphics. The compiler doesn't politely suggest "Hey friend, maybe add that header?" Instead, it unleashes 47 lines of template instantiation errors that basically translate to "I have no idea what a vector is, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask." It's like showing up to a fancy restaurant without a reservation and getting absolutely roasted by the host.

Content I've interviewed a lot of people over the last year (Java), and my favorite test is to throw a Stack Trace at them and ask them to figure out what the problem is. The answer is actually quite clear, however. Half of them don't know it's called a stack trace. Some don't know what they're looking at (BYE!). Several focus on the wrong section of proprietary code. Some ask to "open a debugger". however the answer is right there in plain english if you just read the method names. Many don't realize the line numbers are RIGHT THERE, and then start focusing on the lines ending with "Compiled Code". Then there are the ones who work their way up from the bottom, starting with the application container code, and lose their minds. Some who figure out what is happening don't have a solution to prevent it from happening. No, I'm not sharing the trace; suffice to say it's been reviewed by more than 5 of my peers and they all passed. Like Reply 1h Edited I mean, it isn't hard to eliminate people with a coding question. Do you find it impossible to teach people how to read text stack traces, or is this a skill without which they will be unable to do anything of use, or do you just not want to hire anyone? 1 am serious. 1 can come up with dozens of useful programming skills I can test a candidate on that most perfectly skilled programmers would fail. Start with eliminating people who can't code at all. Then find out what they can do that could be useful. If I have 5 people who can already take a printed out stack crash dump, I probably don't need another, and if I do, a qualified candidate can be taught that skill by someone who knows it in under a week. Then again, maybe you work for Stack Trace Inc, and your entire job is looking at stack traces. If so, by bad. Like Reply 22m

Content LEFT EXIT 12 start debugging immediately run the program again just in case programmers made with mematic

Nothing destroys your coding flow quite like someone hovering over your shoulder. Suddenly that function you've written 50 times becomes an impossible puzzle, your fingers forget keyboard shortcuts, and you start second-guessing variable names you've used since 2009. The bear's face says it all – "I was catching fish just fine until you showed up with your 'helpful suggestions' and now I'm questioning if I even know how to swim."