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> And then after two rounds of interviews they rejected me because apparently 'cat error.log | grep 'ERROR:' | wc -l' is not how real programmers find error count, but write python programs every single time they face such a problem.

bulletsDodged += 1




Real programmers would write bulletsDodged++;



our style guide dictates ++bulletsDodged;


Well, bulletsDodged++ and ++bulletsDodged mean different things in most languages. It ain't just a matter of style. :)


Like C++ gives you the current value of C and then increments it for some future use.


But preferring one over the other is.


Thing is, that's not valid Python - but the OP's version is ;-)


Corollary: Python programmers are not real.


Descartes: I hiss therefore I am... ;)




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