I disagree. I've been programming since dirt was young, and I still program as hobby, currently spending a lot of time programming music and digital editing programs like ProTools and Maya. I'm also working with Ruby on Rails and a lot of the newer programming tools.
Those of my generation who were not hobby programmers and did not stay current are now mostly unemployed, or at least severely under-employed. On the other hand, I have more work than I can do, and a salary with 6 figures to the left of decimal point and the first number isn't a one. I hire a lot of programmers. I found the article to be very accurate in predicting who will do well. The only problem I have with hiring great programmers is getting them to follow the standards and not go off the farm with their own ideas of how to do the work. Some the worst programmers I've encountered had the "engineering mindset" and a constant desire to reinvent the wheel. Spare me. On Jan 14, 2008 9:30 AM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the article was accurate with one exception. > > The author lists 'Programs as a hobby' as a positive indicator for a good > programmer. > > This might be true of younger programmers, but I have observed that many > programmers gradually differentiate their spare time activities from their > work activities. The best programmer that I know does not live and breathe > code outside of work, but DOES use his engineering inclinations to mess with > cars and audio equipment. > > If I were hiring a programmer, I would be far more interested in whether > they have an engineering mindset than whether they write code in their spare > time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250744 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
