No, sorry the cover letter should not be required. I will make it optional in here, thanks for calling that out! Feel free to apply by submitting your resume in the cover letter in the meantime.
"I failed that exam because the professor thought 1 + 1 equals 2. What an idiot, 1 + 1 obviously equals 7.5"
What do you think that person will benefit more from? "You're wrong and the professor is right, you should work on your math skills", or "Wow, what an arrogant professor. You're totally right."?
Or, "I understand the frustration, failing exams sucks whatever the reason. In this case though, 1+1=2".
The delivery matters, even more so when the person is in a difficult position. Also in this case we don't _know_ that they are wrong, we only think it likely based on assumptions. It's probably more likely that OP said "random" out of frustration, and they've since removed it from their post.
I see your point, but I still disagree. I believe that coddling isn't helpful. It's like taking pain killers instead of seeing a dentist: you'll need more of it next time because you're not learning. And over all, I think that's a giant problem.
"Oh, you were frustrated, it's fine then" is another thing I disagree with. It's not, and that may explain the "why", but it shouldn't be a reason to tolerate it, or you're normalizing the behavior and next time when that person is in a "difficult situation", they'll slash some tires because they're not learning to control their emotions. I'm sure it comes from a good place (learning by mistake is painful, and you don't want people to experience pain), but you'll keep people from learning if you try to take away the pain.
And let's be frank: nobody, you included, thought that "Microsoft fires their employees by RNG" was a possibility.
It's not confirmed that this is misinformation. I agree it sounds unlikely, but that comment can be delivered with much more compassion. Remember, this is someone who may be feeling upset, angry, frustrated, or many other things.
that might be why some ppl store phone numbers and zip codes as int
Anyone who stores ZIP Codes as an int should have his dev license revoked. You've just corrupted the data you store for a hundred million people in the northeast.
I'm currently dealing with a situation where a system developed by an offshore team stored Social Security numbers as integers. They had no idea that an SSN can start with a zero, and didn't even do a basic web search to see what the possible range of values is before designing the database and application.
you can tell a 4 digit zip code has a leading zero that was removed though. you'll also get faster sql queries if you search for zip codes as int vs string
you can tell a 4 digit zip code has a leading zero that was removed though
Only if you're 100% sure your date is completely clean. Only very rarely is this the case, especially with ZIP Codes because the data almost always traces back to human input.
The initial query may be quicker, but then you have to compensate for the missing digits elsewhere, likely multiple times. You have to consider the expense to the whole system, not just to one query.
