I thought my entrance test was far too easy, I only had to create a blog in my web framework and show doing the basics like validations, secure parameters, etc.
I learned later on that most couldn’t pass because they came from other languages and thought they could get by without knowing anything.
Running a side business it’s like:
Client: Why doesn’t this work?
Me: The same reason I told you I didn’t want to implement it in the first place.
Client: surprised Pikachu face Well just do
<some other hack that’s equally bad>