If the question was *What happens here?" or "Analyse this code (in various languages).", I would say it's not too bad as you can mention it should return 2 in any language that accepts returning from a finally, which happens to include VB.NET indirectly, but I could believe there are languages that return 1 because the finally happens some what out of band.
But, no, it's not a question I'd ask. Regards, Mark Hurd. Sent from my Windows Phone. -----Original Message----- From: "Arjang Assadi" <arjang.ass...@gmail.com> Sent: 9/02/2016 1:21 PM To: "ozDotNet" <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Internal Developer Training Hello " I've found that especially their C# skillsets are limited " , What would facilitate that finding? I have been wondering what makes one bad at language and still get to be a programmer? for example what is point of quiz code like this : try divide by 0 catch return 1 finally return 2 is this type of coding common practice that would necessitate it being an interview question? How much language knowledge is enough? Is there a checklist ? so one can put the langauge skills to rest and move on to architectural concepts instead? Doing raw programming instead of using established, patterns framework and tapping into prebuilt infrastructure doeasn't far outweighs obscure language skills in a given language? Not having a go at you, but since you have found lack of language skills on professional programmers I have to ask you! Just going to the source Luke! Regards Arjang On 9 February 2016 at 13:00, Dave Walker <rangitat...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, I've recently taken over a new team which has a wide variety of technical skill from complete beginner to senior developer. Talking to the team I've found that especially their C# skillsets are limited and can be greatly improved. So far we've organised for everyone to have a pluralsight account and encouragement is given to spend work time watching videos however it feels a little bit disconnected. I'd really like to have a more formal ongoing set of training but as it stands I have no experience implementing this. There is limited budget so can't just send everyone off on a training course and not really looking for an overnight fix but more of a program that improves different skills over time to a certain level. My thoughts for now were to mix between: * Book club - everyone reads a chapter of 'Clean code' and we gather weekly to discuss it * Pluralsight club - same but with a pluralsight video * One on one peer programming where the more senior members help the less experienced * Demo sessions/lectures by more experienced developers from outside the team Has anyone else ever tried to take on something like this? If so how did you go about it and what advice can you give about this? Cheers, Dave
