I was asked a bunch of high-level questions about Spring Boot, Reactor, Microservices vs. Monoliths, etc. The Principal who interviewed me has 8 YOE compared to my 16, and the pay is 30-40% below the market.

Warning: 100% Indian IT. Indians like to memorize everything, with very little logical thinking. They enjoy working with spaghetti code. This Principal is weak in Computer Science and has a Master's from Roosevelt U (a very low-ranked school in Chicago). When he asked me design questions, I could tell he had little insight into software design and was biased toward his work experience consistently.

Broad expertise in Computer Science and Software Engineering is not welcomed here. I had interviewed a couple of times in the past, both were rejections. They want Devs to conform to their expectations, like ABC.

Can a Mono hold a List?

What do you think of the Database-per-service pattern?