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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:59:15 +1000
Subject: Re: Python Interview Questions
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> If only that were true. I know quite a few people who looked the
> interviewer straight in the eye and told the most bare-faced lies without
> a trace of shame, and got the job. Ten years on, at least one of them is
> making something around $300,000 a year, based entirely on his ability to
> smile and tell customers plausible lies.

So he's either a politician, a salesman, a lawyer, a counselor, a
manager, a thespian, or a venture capitalist. And maybe a few other
possibilities. Professional liars, all. :)

ChrisA