A LinkedIn user’s confession to not having basic coding knowledge, sparked a hot conversation. This user holds a Software Engineering job in one of the biggest tech companies Google, which matters. There are various netizens’ views, some criticizing his brag post, some tagging Google CEO, while supporting in words ‘Engineers doesn’t need to be well known but curious’. Let’s find out, what Google CEO reacted.
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Google Software Engineer Doesn’t Understand Basic Code.
A Google Sofware Engineer’s post on LinkedIn has sparked a heated conversation across socials. Recently A LinkedIn user and a Google Engineer shared a post on Linkedin admitting not knowing the basics of codes. His Confession list included various unfamiliar topics such as Kubernetes, CI/CD, multithreading, memory allocation, pointers, recursion, CSS, SQL, Git, and even coding itself.
He further wrote, “You don’t need to know everything to be a Software Engineer”. After this post, netizens attacks started both on the Engineer as well as on Google and CEO Sundar Pichai.
One User Tagged Sundar Pichai and Criticized The Engineer’s Brag Post.
One user took to LinkedIn to criticize the user’s claims and tagged Sundar Pichai with a question. The user criticizing wrote, “How the fuck do you even call yourself Software Engineer then?” and further added, “These are basic concepts and not understanding them is not something to brag about”.
He shamed this engineer, and saluted the real engineer, “You are a share and a middle finger to all real engineers”. He even tagged Sundar Picahi, “Google Sundar Pichai is this guy serious?”
Netizen’s Aggressive Views On This Software Engineer.
Another user expressed disbelief, commenting, “Not even sure how you could have cracked any software engineering interviews. Or you are just cracking a sarcastic joke.” Some users speculated that the engineer might be heavily reliant on frameworks rather than core programming knowledge, with one remarking, “You’re one of those SWEs that are chemically dependent on ORMs.”
The reaction from netizens on X (formerly Twitter), was also seen. One user added, “But for real, not knowing SQL or Git is wild.” Another added, “I am literally in school still and I understand these lol. How does bro work at Google? @Google hire me please.” One said, “I mean, I think a software engineer has to understand coding.” Another mocked and said, “My question would be “What do you do around here?”
Defenders Group Argues Specialization Is Key.
Now! other side defender’s groups argue in their own words. One user wrote his views, “I agree — you don’t need to know or be good at everything to be good at your job. However, one of the hallmarks of a good engineer that I’ve noticed over the years is curiosity. You may not know how K8s works at a deep level, but I suspect that any talented engineer will at least be CURIOUS about these things.”
Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Reaction On This Rumour.
As this news sparked across the social, the comments started from users. While several tagged the Google CEO Sundar Pichai, But in the clarification no comments were seen from the organization or CEO Sundar Pichai.
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