On 11/2/05, Cristobal Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not the answer--it's the defense of the answer. > > If you say "Vi," and follow it up with a shrug and, "It's what I > learned," then $DEITY help you with the rest of your interview. Same > goes for emacs. > > If you can present a clear, concise and powerful argument for using > emacs, then you shouldn't be rejected based on that choice. If you > are, then you didn't want to work there anyway. That said, I still > don't think you can safely claim total ignorance of vi, for reasons > eloquently expressed by Jon and others.
Well, I have answered "it's what I started with" in an interview before and gotten the job offer. The point I made, though, was that both are useful and it doesn't really matter which one you're comfortable with as long as you know how to use it. Of course, they then proceeded to follow up with lots of questions on how I used emacs. :-) I distinctly remember sitting there with my eyes closed, hands on the table trying to use muscle memory to come up with keystrokes for various emacs commands that I just use on instinct these days. It was an interesting experience. :-) Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
