LOL, that reminds me of a job I turned down because they didn't seem to have a clue what they were doing. They said they used fusebox and that I nee dot know it, when I asked them why, they didn't have a clue.
I actually told the guy, sorry I am not looking for a job as a nursemaid. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 January 2004 16:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CF Salaries > > > > As always the Jobs that require CF like skills (scripting) > > always suffer. > > > > As you guys know its not rocket science to make a CFM page. > > What is difficult is writing Code that is : Organised / > > Readable & Re-usable. > > But that isn't the most important thing. Writing code that > works is the main task (imho). Being able to write code that > works AND does the above is top quality code. ;) > > > Mostly, when hiring we look for other Important skills, which > > any person off the street could not pick up easily (& > > therefore blag an interview) such as Java, OOP, Unix (simple > > tasks), SQL. > > I do agree with this... > > However, I remember going for interview and being asked a > completely silly Javascript question. Something about > clearing an array to reuse it (although tbh I couldn't see > any reason to do this in the example they gave). I > understood the question, knew the answer and gave it. They > then went on to explain how wrong I was! I went back after > the interview, checked up on websites/books etc. Found I was > right and they were wrong. I was offered the contract with > them, and decided not to take it. Why? Because if they > couldn't ask the right questions, it was going to be a > nightmare working environment. > > Moral of the story: If you ask a question at interview MAKE > SURE YOU KNOW THE ANSWER FIRST! > > It doesn't help when the interviewee is much better at the > job than the interviewer. > > > These skills tend to separate the coders that have picked up > > CFM as they go along & those who are true professional coders. > > Quite agree. There aren't enough true professional coders out there! > > Paul > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
