I hold a computer science degree from one of the top universities in the world, but still don't think asking applicants to implement some random algorithm given by name is useful.

I don't care if a person remembers the exact specifics of Dijkstras Shortest Path, or Merge Sort, or whatever...

But I DO care HOW they approach problems, how they deal with UNCERTAINTY, how they handle ERRORS and TESTING, etc.

Windows defender is actually decent... And is properly integrated, in contrast to many (especially free) AV solutions out there.

I don't know what you expected, really...

Also what exactly is 'targeted dragnet'? That is really just about the opposite of what dragnet means...

Since when is typing speed even a tiny bit relevant? If that is the limiting factor in your dev work you are
A) not using your IDE correctly (you shouldn't be typing boilerplate), and
B) not spending enough time THINKING about what you are actually doing.

The ornate plastering is a nice metaphor for C... Beautiful and elegant, it served it's job for a long long time. But nowadays nobody knows how to make it anymore and if you touch it it will probably crumble to dust.

I with people would use google to just find what they are asking for instead of posting rants...

https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/...

Mandatory XKCD on task automation:

https://xkcd.com/1205/

This post and many of the associated comments make a bad impression to me... sad to see this hidden misogynysm here on devrant.

At least he 'only' screwed himself over by using his own name for testing, and not some random dude. That would have been... problematic. :P

As a matter of fact I would say her behaviour is not actually very illogical. It rather stems from a basic misunderstanding or lack of comprehension in how languages are parsed (&compiled) and executed...

Explaining her how program execution works in this language and what the different error types are that should be expected could have gone a long way.

It should clearly be..

if ("true".equals(isEnabled.toString)){ ... }

;)