Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Heh... yea, you were only learning the onTap tools because you saw something you thought might help you resolve some problems you were having with the framework your company had before you got there -- which is a bit different than simply picking it up for general purpose. :) Definately, I have

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Aaron Rouse
Actually, no I have been looking into the onTap framework during my free time because I was thinking about proposing we branch into something else that might allow better projects to be whipped out of here. Really was not to resolve any problems, they are actually are very content with their

RE: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Adrian Lynch
I hope a certain few people aren't reading this reply, but I got told not to use cffunction on a project because they didn't understand it!! The reason was that they did not understand the syntax used so that was wrong and it needs to be made inefficient. said Aaron Rouse :OD -- No virus found

RE: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Damien McKenna
Been there, done that, the company went under within a few months of my leaving. My original manager, who hired me to do basic web page editing, was scared of allowing me to do anything beyond his abilities incase it showed him up as bad; then again he constantly slagged us off to managers while

RE: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Adrian Lynch
Got a name for that company? ;O) -Original Message- From: Damien McKenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 March 2005 15:23 To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: RE: interview questions Been there, done that, the company went under within a few months of my leaving. My original manager, who hired

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Aaron Rouse
Is there really such a thing as job security? :) On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:20:21 -0500, Larry C. Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...it needs to be made inefficient. looking for job security Aaron? larry On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:04:48 -0600, Aaron Rouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I should have said was that guy looking for job security? I have had to handle all sorts of crap code, spaghetti code etc. All too frequently the person who develped the site was not unintelligent. So that's the best explanation I can come up with - he or she is about the only person who

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Aaron Rouse
My only guess is he feels threatened when he sees anyone else doing something beyond his current skillset. I'd guess that is only natural for a lot of people. I personally try to learn said skillset and leach all their knowledge :) Would be a strange thing for someone in that position to feel

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Exactly. We're in a field where things change and change rapidly. I fully expect to have to learn new skills every few years just to keep up. That person is slashing his own throat with that attitude. larry On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:30:26 -0600, Aaron Rouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only guess

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
I hear people say that a lot. I really don't know if I agree. Languages come and go, but the concepts behind the languages and good programming do not really change. If you learn the Conncept, you can easily learn new languages. At 12:52 PM 3/24/2005, you wrote: Exactly. We're in a field

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Aaron Rouse
Guess it depends, I could see how learning a new language could be called learning a new skill. On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:07:21 -0500, Jeffry Houser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hear people say that a lot. I really don't know if I agree. Languages come and go, but the concepts behind the

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
I would agree with that. I was responding more to the first sentence than the rest. People say that we are in a field where things change rapidly. I really don't think that's the case. Syntax (languages) change, as does hardware changes, but the underlying concepts have not.

Re: interview questions

2005-03-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
At 02:18 PM 3/24/2005, you wrote: snip that's the case. Syntax (languages) change, as does hardware changes, but the underlying concepts have not. Unfortunately most schools appear to I'm not so sure that's true. While the fundamentals of programming -- if-then, for loop, etc. -- dont' change