It may be entirely a myth, or may have been true only long ago, or may be applicable to specific sub-industries. It doesn’t have anything to do with my experience of interviewing applicants for random Silicon Valley startups over the last decade.
There is a grain of truth to it, which is that some people who can muddle through accomplishing things given unlimited tries, unlimited Googling, unlimited help, unlimited time, and no particular quality bar, do not have a clear enough understanding of programming or computing to accomplish almost anything, even a simple thing, by themselves, on the first try, in an interview, quickly.
It may be entirely a myth, or may have been true only long ago, or may be applicable to specific sub-industries. It doesn’t have anything to do with my experience of interviewing applicants for random Silicon Valley startups over the last decade.
There is a grain of truth to it, which is that some people who can muddle through accomplishing things given unlimited tries, unlimited Googling, unlimited help, unlimited time, and no particular quality bar, do not have a clear enough understanding of programming or computing to accomplish almost anything, even a simple thing, by themselves, on the first try, in an interview, quickly.