Comments by "Cees Timmerman" (@CTimmerman) on "Advice for New Software Developers" video.

  1. MyPy helps prevent iterating over characters instead of strings if you forget the comma of a single-element tuple in Python. Not sure if that's the default yet or that type hints are still merely documentation for such tools. JavaScript and maybe even TypeScript return 5 for parseInt(0.0000005) and sort() numbers by string instead of value.
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  2. And that's why Oceania > Eurasia.
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  3. 7:20 You can set your screen timeout in the energy settings. In my Windows 11 settings: System, Power & battery, Screen and sleep, When plugged in, turn off my screen after 20 minutes.
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  4. It's a flaw to ask stuff unrelated to the job itself, but it weeds out people who didn't memorize buzzwords if they think those are important. And FizzBuzz is a quick and easy way to see basic coding skill.
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