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Is primary OS a dealbreaker for you (when taking a new job)?

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Re: Is primary OS a dealbreaker for you (when taking a new job)?

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No I care more about if the job involves solving interesting/novel problems Languages/OSs are just implementation details to me, I don't get why software engineers (especially junior ones) are so obsessed with them To me algorithms/systems in the abstract sense are the actual interesting part of the job

So you'd be happy working at a place that required all code to be in brainfuck? That choice of computer language is "just an implementation detail" and you can still solve your interesting abstract problems in it so you should be happy with it.

I don't know what you're talking about, what company uses that language?

Re: Is primary OS a dealbreaker for you (when taking a new job)?

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post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you'd be happy working at a place that required all code to be in brainfuck? That choice of computer language is "just an implementation detail" and you can still solve your interesting abstract problems in it so you should be happy with it.

I don't know what you're talking about, what company uses that language?

I'm not suggesting anywhere is actually using brainfuck. Why would you think I was? I was attempting to use rhetoric to point out that you do in fact care about choice of language.
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