> On Friday 30 May 2008, Mark Drew wrote:
> > CFEclipse, in comparison to the WYSIWYG coders, you at least know they
> > can type code and not just do it using Dreamweavers tutorials/helpers
>
> I assume this is why most places set a practical programing test as part of
> the interview.
Funny... I remember the days when Access was much more common than it is
now and there was that distinction between people who'd used Access
databases and people who'd used SQL Server... except that in my
experience, the folks who had SQL Server experience were quite often not
any more knowledgeable about databases or even for that matter about SQL.
Many of the guys I worked directly with did all their SQL work in the
visual editors in Enterprise Manager (which creates horrid, horrid
bleeding-eyes syntax and is essentially a "grown up" version of the
Access IDE).
A handful of them even verbally marvelled that when they asked me to
help them with a database task, the first thing I would do is open Query
Analyzer and go straight to hand-coding the SQL saying things like "I
don't know how you do that".
I was the other way around -- I had a hard time imagining how they got
any work done in Enterprise Manager. To me a language is a language, and
that's the first thing you learn -- editors come later once you've
mastered the syntax. Fortunately I've never had a practical skill test
where anyone asked me specifically to work with a visual query builder
or a wysiwyg editor. Not that I couldn't figure it out, but it's not the
easiest way for me to work.
--
s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch
isn't it time for a change?
ph: 617.365.5732
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