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		maxxxxx on June 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Old guys, what do you miss about developme... I agree. My first interviews were like "You have no clue about C but you are good at FORTRAN and you are smart. No problem. You'll pick it up in a second. Read this book before you start.".

gHosts on June 12, 2019 [–]

Ah, the good old, "Read this pile of books", call me when you done style of onboarding.

notacoward on June 12, 2019 | [–]

For my second programming job my manager handed me a pile of books and AFAICT that was the last thing he did before he resigned.

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