[throwboi123]

> A surprisingly large fraction of applicants, even those with masters' degrees and PhDs in computer science, fail during interviews when asked to carry out basic programming tasks. For example, I've personally interviewed graduates who can't answer "Write a loop that counts from 1 to 10" or "What's the number after F in hexadecimal?

I wonder if this is true?

[rzzzt]

This is a quote in https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ if anyone's wondering.

What does the author win by lying about it?

[patrickthebold]

It could just be a mistake, or no longer true, it doesn't have to be a lie.