• Rob@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Interviewer: Tell me an interesting debugging story

    Interviewee: …

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      6 months ago

      Heh. Years ago during an interview I was explaining how important it is to verify a system before putting it into orbit. If one found problems in orbit, you usually can’t fix it. My interviewer said, “Why not just send up the space shuttle to fix it?”

      Well…