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Week 192 Group Rant
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7y

confession time:
I am php laravel developer with little knowledge about nodejs.
I got selected by one startup as nodejs developer.
frankly I am not better nodejs developer than my competition who were rejected.

I completed oral interview with my nodejs theory knowledge at a time of technical round , they gave us task to create crud with fantastic front end and nodejs mongo as a back end.

I developed front end in bootstrap but at a time of backend, I just copy paste code from github.

and changed everything variable and other proof to hide reality. in mean time other candidates were actually coding everything then I took time to understand this code and I submitted after few candidates.

in last round they ask me to explain code which I explained properly and I get salary 40k/month INR.

I know it is cheating but I wanted this job badly.

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  • 6
    7y
    a) I wouldn’t consider this cheating. You took someone else a code, modified it to your needs, and YOU were able to explain it too. Don’t beat yourself about it.

    b) 40k INR per month seems low ish. Are you fresh out of college? Which part of India might this be?
  • 1
    7y
    @hatemyjob yes I am fresher.
  • 3
    7y
    Getting the job while having the same nodejs experience means your skills from php are more transferable, in the sense that CRUD is CRUD in all languages but knowing about nodejs doesn't mean you know CRUD.

    You need to know when to re-invent the wheel and when not to. If it was simple, generic logic used everywhere, then why not copy it. If its bespoke to your application, write it yourself or learn the algorithm.
  • 3
    7y
    Eh, I mean, if you can keep doing the same thing at your job that you did in the interview, you're going to be meeting their needs and learning at the same time. Don't sweat it.
  • 3
    7y
    I'm a fresher too.

    I got my first job 4 month ago, in a technology I never worked with (I don't consider 3 days training as experience) and in a sector I didn't studied for.

    Everything's possible in programming as long as you're passionate about it and keep learning new stuff.
  • 1
    7y
    Dude, you didn't cheat, you're a laravel developer...

    Think about it, just using a framework and it's Composer packages is downloading other people's work for your own needs.

    There really is no difference.
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