This is a little hard for me to believe. Thankfully, I am not one of
those applicants, nor ever will be.
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Jump to Post>After the applicant passing some test, do you ever try to throw
>some tricky question, to see if he can answer them?
I try to keep it practical. If I ask a tricky question, it's probably because we've encountered a problem like that before on the job. In those cases …
Jump to PostJust about anybody can learn to play the piano, but very few can be a concert pianist. To be good at playing the piano takes real talent and a special mind. The same goes for programmers.
To hire a good one you have to hear them play, or in …
Jump to Post>I'd be content paying my dues doing simple coding at first, figuring
>it'll take five years of experience anyway just to find out if I have any
>talent for this or not.
Typically it takes two years of workforce programming before you settle into a stride. Beyond that point it's …
Jump to Post>That's pretty much how all the ads out there read.
I realized it was all bullshit when I read an ad requiring ten years of Java experience...in 1998. :icon_rolleyes:
Jump to PostI started out with a temp agency here in St Louis in 1986/7. At the time I had zero programming experience, not even college degree. My sole assets were that I was about 43 years old, recently retired US military, bought an Intro to C programming book and cheap computer, …
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