Which is why actual C and C++ code written at these companies, in these type of projects is so "fun" to debug.
Yes, everyone can be a super coder on his little bubble and use all the latest techniques to write high quality code, the problems arise when his/her bubble needs to interact with an ocean of unseen bubbles, many of which tainted ones.
The longer I've coded in practice, the more suspicious I've gotten about "you don't need any domain knowledge, here are perfect specifications" approaches. The fingers on the keyboard should always have some grasp of the bigger picture, or bad things are likely to happen.
Fully agree, I never understood the stereotype of coder closed in a cubicle breaking LOC records, coding without any other knowledge than programing language and libraries.
I always have spent a big part of my time interacting with those that would eventually use the programs/libraries. Without domain knowledge and communication skills, there is a high probability of misunderstandings.
Yes, everyone can be a super coder on his little bubble and use all the latest techniques to write high quality code, the problems arise when his/her bubble needs to interact with an ocean of unseen bubbles, many of which tainted ones.