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		treeman79 on Sept 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Senior engineers are living in the future Had a guy with 20 years experience at a top mail carrier come in for a senior position. We were very excited to interview him. He had spent the 20 years copying the same html file and changing the text for whatever was needed. Struggled heavily with the concept of a loop.

giantg2 on Sept 13, 2022 | [–]

"He had spent the 20 years copying the same html file and changing the text for whatever was needed."

Dream job right there.

lupire on Sept 13, 2022 | [–]

> copying the same html file and changing the text for whatever was neede

Can also describe a complex single-page web application :-)

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