Nate Duehr wrote:
>    :-)
>
> Anyone interviewing someone for a Unix job -- apparently what the  
> above is -- who said that using an array in the shell directly versus  
> using a bunch of pipes and an ls command, is a) behind in their  
> skillset, and b) closed-minded.
>
> On the flip side, anyone who stubbornly wouldn't try to do the job the  
> way the new boss wanted it done during the interview process, no  
> matter how backwards/stupid it was, is also stupid -- in a different  
> way.  Being "elitist" to the point of not getting the job, is pretty  
> silly unless the ae88925 person has plenty of job offers on the  
> table.  Can't really tell the whole story from the snippet of  
> discussion without more context.
>
> The above discussion could be dissected in a number of ways.  And even  
> then, the real issue may have been a personality clash between the  
> interviewer and interviewee.  You can't tell.
>
> --
> Nate Duehr
> nate@natetech.com
>   
The point was that the interviewer told the candidate that they had to
use ls. Now we don't know if that was a constraint ahead of time, but I
interpreted that it was not. If you solve a problem using a solution
that works, I cannot argue with you that you should have done it my way.
If I wanted it done my way I would have done it myself right? I can only
tell you why my way might be better.

Personally, I like the find utility =)

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MK
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