Comment by jballanc
2 years ago
This is why one of my favorite series of questions to pull out during an interview are:
What is your favorite programming language/library/technology?
What do you hate about it?
Anyone that jumps to answer the first but struggles to answer the second is likely not someone you want to hire.
This is the very first thing I do when picking up a new tech - language, framework, library, tool. After initial familiarization with the basics - Wikipedia/Readme-Intro, I would google "Why does X sucks", and try to avoid becoming overly enamored with it too quickly, and strive to maintain a level-headed perspective.
Ok. For anyone struggling with the second, the answers should be:
Lack of libraries.
Lack of good tools.
My favourite languages are C# and C++, and sometimes I interview developers to work with them. Saying these languages are lacking libraries or good tools is unreasonable.
True, but it's trivial to come up with things to dislike in C++ :-)
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