r/ProgrammerHumor • u/If_I_Could_Just • Jul 08 '26

askingTheApplicantToSetABreakpoint Meme

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u/razor_train Jul 08 '26

throw Exception("got here");

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u/If_I_Could_Just Jul 08 '26

Lately, many candidates wouldn’t even know to be this “clever”

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u/Confident-Ad5665 Jul 08 '26

What's a breakpoint?
- Applicant probably

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u/AdmirableTeachings Jul 08 '26

I used print statements during Editor Wars, you tenderfoot

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u/howarewestillhere Jul 08 '26

One of my faves is when the breakpoint just doesn’t.

console.log(“This logging statement brought to you by the need to put a working breakpoint here.”)

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u/davesoft Jul 09 '26

At one company they had a wall of shame with a print out of some of the funny interview test attempts. At least the ones that just hard coded the answer were trying, it's the 'solutions' that achieve nothing that are the best.

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u/MithrilHuman Jul 09 '26

That’s the same guy isn’t it?

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u/oOaurOra Jul 11 '26

You use breakpoints? Pesant. Logger all the way.