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> junior software engineers would be able to write and optimize C++ without much supervision

"Junior" and "optimize c++" just do not typically go together. Even more so if you're talking about deep optimizations like cache hit misses, and not just algorithm decisions or breaking down problems properly.

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Ok, "optimize" might be an overstatement in this case. More like "write code that's not totally oblivious to how compiler will compile it, and how CPU will execute it". A reasonable request for a software professional with a degree, one would hope.

"Junior" and "optimize c++" just do not typically go together.

They sure did in the early 1990s. That was the only way you could ship a working product.

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