title: Dec 03 2019 - 08:02:10 AM
date: 2019-12-03 08:02:10
slug: 03-080210
status: published
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mentions: [{"source": "https://brid-gy.appspot.com/comment/twitter/jjdelc/1201773607354957824/1201882951077769219", "title": "My kid yesterday was playing Thimbleweed Park. The game asked him which programming languages he know out of C, BASIC and few others.\n\nHe picked \"All of them\" option.\n\nHe doesn't even know what a programming language is...\n\nDunning\u2013Kruger effect?", "url": "https://twitter.com/__amol__/status/1201882951077769219", "published": "2019-12-03T15:16:40+00:00", "author": {"name": "Alessandro Molina", "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/374741267/me.jpg", "url": "https://twitter.com/__amol__"}, "via": "brid-gy.appspot.com"}, {"source": "https://brid-gy.appspot.com/comment/twitter/jjdelc/1201773607354957824/1201892474236608520", "title": "Kid's just trying to get a job. Streets are tough these days, give him a break and have him read \"cracking the whiteboard coding interview in 21 hrs from zero to hero\" and a pat on the back.", "url": "https://twitter.com/jjdelc/status/1201892474236608520", "published": "2019-12-03T15:54:30+00:00", "author": {"name": "Jj", "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1134723427359703040/LR5hB1n5.png", "url": "https://twitter.com/jjdelc"}, "via": "brid-gy.appspot.com"}]


When I read technologies on people's bios online I naively assume they have 110% skill on them. I don't even dare to say "python" on mine.