Where Should I Get My Job Interview Code Samples?

crlove asks: "I'm preparing for an upcoming job interview and my interviewer will want to see some code samples. Unfortunately, all of the coding I've done work-wise since college is not only proprietary, but often classified. To be honest, with long days at work and a busy life outside of it, I haven't had much time to code on my own. So, what should I show my interviewer? Should I start working up some code samples? If so, what would be considered sufficiently complex to take to an interview?"

Comments

Re:A total waste of time

[computational super]

To set a device to turn off at 9pm and turn on at 8am M-F, first you define an event type to 0800-2100 and remember the number the app assigns that event as. Then you go to the day-type table and define a day as consisting of one or more events (again this is given a number). Then you create a schedule type, which consists of 7 days, each assigned a number as defined by the day-type table. This schedule type (a number!) is then filled in in a box on the device configuration screen.

You should see Unix (minus the part about "screens").