"I, an idiot, have recruited a bunch of programmers who can only 'Google'

Arrangement | Zheng Liyuan

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It is different from the Internet era which was still in its infancy decades ago , Now we can solve all kinds of problems with the help of the Internet ： From trivial life to professional technology , Just be patient , You will find the answer .

Just as most people in China are used to “ use Baidu Search , You will know ”, Google is also the preferred search engine for most foreign users —— Logically speaking , There's nothing wrong with that .

However , There's a programmer @nmivan Once shared a story that he was “ Google ” The story of the pit ：“ I am an idiot , If you get a bunch of them, you will only ‘ Google ’ The programmer ！”

Here are @nmivan My own experience （ For a better sense of substitution , This article will describe... In the first person ）.

One 、 Conceited as I am , Decided to put “ written examination ” Turn into “ Computer test ”

I am a technical interviewer , I have been in charge of the technical interview of the company , There is a set that is not original 、 But a simple and effective recruitment process ： First, conduct a round of interview for the candidate , Let it do some written programming tests —— Is true “ pen ” try , It's like taking an exam in college , The candidate needs to write down the code to solve the problem on paper .

The fact proved that , This recruitment process is very reasonable ： All the programmers we employ are local IT Key experts in the community , More than half of them have also established their own in various fields IT Business .

Such achievements make me somewhat “ be lost ” 了 . in my opinion , The recruitment of these excellent talents is entirely due to the recruitment process developed by my technical interviewer , And in order to keep up with the times , I decided to make a little change from the original .

“ Why let them scribble on paper , This way seems to stay in ancient times .” Considering that I have almost forgotten whether I have IDE、 Context code 、 How does it feel to write code with the help of modern development tools such as debugging , I've changed the technical way ： from “ written examination ” Turn into “ Computer test ”, That is, the candidate doesn't have to “ Write ” Code , Instead, type the code on the computer .

Two 、 first , Their performance did not live up to expectations

Here's what I did , Explain the programming task to the candidate , Give it to him / She has a computer , It is required to complete within half an hour to one hour —— in the meantime , I will leave to deal with some other work .

When I get back , What greeted me was a ready-made and complete solution , Not only is the code beautiful , The performance optimization is also very good . Naive as my first reaction is ： Modern people love technology so much , Writing code is as easy for them as breathing ！

So there is no doubt , I hired these people , They did not live up to their expectations at first .

For new employees , Generally, the first few months of employment are a challenge , Because they are busy learning task coding , Unable to work alone . The accident is , I passed in that batch “ Computer test ” On the programmers recruited , I don't see such problems at all .

They always accomplish the simple tasks I give them easily , He even handled complex tasks without asking for help —— At that time, I felt naive again ： Look at this growing generation , How wonderful ！

at that time , I thought it would always be like this , They will maintain the current productivity growth rate and continue to improve . But a few months later , I came to realize that something was wrong .

3、 ... and 、3-6 After a month , They collectively reached a “ Platform stage ”

To be precise , Should be 3-6 After a month , Their productivity has collectively reached a level of “ Platform stage ”, Can no longer grow . Even more unfortunate , The epidemic broke out at that time , Everyone started telecommuting .

In those days of telecommuting , Their productivity has never improved , Always stay at the intern level , I have been frantically pushing for progress in the group . in my opinion , This problem should be attributed to telecommuting , They may lack motivation 、 Lack of on-site communication , I can't show my personal charm across the screen .

So when my boss challenged me “ Because it works remotely , This has led to stagnant productivity growth ？” when , I answered very firmly ： Yes , As soon as we get back to the office , Productivity will soar ！

The one who slapped the face was , Wait until August when you return to work in the office , I found in despair ： Productivity has not increased at all ！ To solve this problem , I came to the end myself , Try to help them ： This task will not handle ？ You see , Let me show you , Next time you should remember ……

But soon , I realized that this method was too inefficient , So I decided to go back to the root of the problem ： Technical interview . still “ Computer test ”, but The difference is , I won't leave this time , But sitting next to them .

My original plan was , They were given a series of tests , Start with the basics , Then gradually increase the difficulty . It's ridiculous , This plan is over in the basic stage —— Among them , Only one in ten people know how to use basic entities 、 type ; What's worse is , Even only 2-3 People can barely do well with built-in help and context code completion .

I was shocked by the result ： They can't find properties or methods at all , Let alone use , They can't even do the most basic tasks , But what happened to the superior performance before ？

Until someone asked me during the test ：“ Can I Google ？”—— That moment , This is me. “ Idiot ” At last, I had an epiphany .

Four 、 Solved the case ： A pile will only “ Google ” The programmer

After getting the answer to the question , It took me about two days to digest , The more you think about it, the angrier you get ：

• The beautiful code they gave me when I applied for the job for the first time came from the Internet ;

• The first few months of employment , The explosive growth of their productivity also comes from the solutions found on the Internet ;

• They code without knowing the basic structure …… incorrect , Maybe it should be said that you downloaded or copied the code , Anyway, they don't know how to write .

Be reasonable , I can understand that they want to know how some technologies work online , You can also understand that they want to quickly find some targeted information , can The last thing I can accept ： How can you copy some of the most basic things as a programmer from the Internet ？！

Face my question , They looked very dismissive ：“ What's the big deal ？” Their attitude made me feel very powerless , I calmed down for a few days , Start thinking about the culprit of this problem —— In my submission , The answer should be me .

I'm stupid , I didn't see the way their generation used to behave , And didn't realize that the existence of these habits “ shallow ” And its severity .

5、 ... and 、 For me, , They are really bad bastards

I remember , On my first day in College , A vice president once told us ：“ College doesn't give you knowledge , It teaches you how to acquire knowledge by yourself .”

Can be in 2000 Early s learning , I think I'm lucky , I therefore Formed the habit of finding answers to questions from books —— All problems , You must read a book if you want to solve it . by comparison ,“ Google ” Programmers don't seem so lucky , Because they can get any information anytime, anywhere .

The book says ：“ The most important thing about brain formation is , It precisely reinforces the neural connections that a person uses .” This sentence means , If you keep writing code , You will do better and better ; If you often look for information on the Internet , You can master this skill ; If you keep copying code from the Internet , You will become a master in this field .

unfortunately , Not all code is open source , At this time “ Google ” The programmer's platform period is coming —— Their productivity is not reflected in writing code , But the efficiency of copying code from the Internet .

Maybe in some cases ,“ Google ” Programmers will surpass ordinary programmers , Especially in solving standard tasks . But for me , They are really bad bastards .

6、 ... and 、 Net friend ：“ Work is an open book exam ”

thus ,@nmivan The shared story is over , But we can find similar questions on many platforms at home and abroad ：“ Programmers use Baidu when writing code / Google search , Will you be despised by others ？”

Some people think , Work is an open book exam , Using the Internet is harmless ：

“ Personally feel , Work is an open book exam , Get familiar with the key knowledge , Can pass the manual 、 Search for 、Stackoverflow Just wait till you find it . It takes a day to type the code 、 Do less of the same projects , It's more tiring than typing code , It is better to summarize at the end of the project , Abstract the common places , Seal or record , The next time you directly call or copy and paste .”

“ People who can make good use of the resources around them , It's not too bad .”

Some people also think that , New people can understand through this way , But programmers want to improve themselves , You can't just use off the shelf solutions ：

“ Want to be a good programmer , You can't just use other people's existing solutions , Be sure to be able to export solutions yourself . Although it is said not to build the wheel repeatedly , But this is for the company . For individuals , Ways to improve ability , One of them is to build the wheel repeatedly .”

“ Small companies may need such programmers , But as a big bull specializing in one field in a large company , Not really .”

that , What do you think of this phenomenon ？ Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section .

Reference link ：https://habr.com/en/post/521104/