Senior Software Developer question

[craigburmr]

I recently had an interview for a senior software developer role and they asked me questions about how I would design a twitter. They asked me on the spot and kind of off the cuff.

Just curious how you all would answer this question.

On top of this they asked me questions regarding infrastructure in relation to database architecture so like database master/slave setup. I don't understand how as a software developer they expected me to know questions that I think are more for a devops or IT person really custom healthcare software development company. Are these questions fair game for a software dev?

Just curious what you all think.

 

[thediv]

Those questions are not really devops related. Firstly, It's developer who will deploy their code in machine and they will test their changes and ensure master/slave works properly. Later when all this is done, then devops will maintain it. Incase, any thing goes wrong then they will inform developer.