On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Lyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Makepeace wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:54 PM, psykx.out <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Basically as I see it now _all_ certs are bad. all of them period. if >>> you can't explain to an interviewer why your would be good for the job >>> in question you shouldn't have it. This come from somebody working in IT >>> >> >> A certificate can save you spending the time making that explanation. >> Saying "I have a degree" saves a lot of time, on both sides. >> >> When I went for a gig with the BBC they had me do a brainbench test. I >> was quite impressed with it, it really felt to me like someone who >> knew the language and what was important about it wrote it. I'm >> curious about answers to this thread too (less though about the >> meta-discussion about merits of certification). >> >> P >> > > That's interesting. From Perl Cert posts I've read on LPM and Perl Monks > a lot of people don't rate Brainbench tests. The main argument being > that the tests are based on memory of functions and their parameters, as > opposed to whether you can actually write code.
I haven't read the posts so was wondering if they had an opinion on how you would test whether someone could write code? I can see that's kinda testable in an interview but doing it in a certifiable way seems tough to me. > In fairness if you can > remember a lot of functions and their parameters without having to look > them up, you'll potentially be a faster programmer (or at least spend > less time looking up functions and their parameters). > Although in fairness BrainBench are about the only ones (I did once > come across another) that offer some kind of Perl Certificate. This > could be clear evidence that the BBC at least prefer to deal with > certified programmers. I got the impression working there the BBC is a big diverse organisation so it's quite possible that that was just the group I ended up working in. (Compared with say Google where the hiring & interview process is controlled & coordinated across the whole company). P > > > Lyle > > _______________________________________________ > BristolBathPM mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm > _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
