This post describes what happens when a 0.1x programmer goes to a 10x programmer interview. Interviewer: Welcome, Mr X. Thanks for dropping by. We like to keep our interviews informal. And even though I have all the power here, and you are nothing but a cretin, let’s pretend

You remember those puzzle interviews Microsoft and Google supposedly ask? Even though Jeff Atwood hates them [https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-hardest-interview-puzzle-question-ever/] (and so do I), and they are largely discredited, companies still asking them. Anyway, these are the answers you should give next time you are asked a puzzle. You

Updated in 2021 with more insults! If you are not offended, get 100% of your money back! Just send my your credit card details and cvv number I have been writing a lot of serious blogs recently, about depression and stuff, and it’s starting to depress me. Seriously. So

Scene: The office of a IT consulting firm. The wind is blowing hard, the sun is setting, but one group of cowboy programmers is working tirelessly through the night because….. well, because that’s what the industry expects. Programmer 10X gets a ping from his boss, using the latest and