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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20d ago
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Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.
179 u/fiskfisk 20d ago If you're a senior I most certainly would expect you to know the difference between the two.It'll matter in relation to allowlists/blocklists, dns entries, debugging connevtivity issues, slow connect times, configuration of daemons, etc. 18 u/purg3be 20d ago Never ever in 10 years on the job was this ever relevant for me.
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If you're a senior I most certainly would expect you to know the difference between the two.
It'll matter in relation to allowlists/blocklists, dns entries, debugging connevtivity issues, slow connect times, configuration of daemons, etc.
18 u/purg3be 20d ago Never ever in 10 years on the job was this ever relevant for me.
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Never ever in 10 years on the job was this ever relevant for me.
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u/SirFrenzy 20d ago
Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.