I honestly can not remember, it was 1980 with a cassette drive. A year later I
had a Commodore 64, such a huge improvement, I had a floppy drive!
--
Ian Skinner
Web Programmer
BloodSource
www.BloodSource.org
Sacramento, CA
C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!
- Cynthia
Ian Skinner wrote:
Not for me, you must have had a good cassette player. I remember taking
20-30 minutes to load a fairly simple game. The floppy could do similar much
faster, by the standards I was used to.
Actually, I was just being facetious. Cassettes were slower, but really
that
So none of you programmers ever need to write
documentation for your applications? You never
need to right a memo or an email? Never need to
right anything other than straight code?
That's kind of what I was thinking... that's why I didn't take any
pause from the request for a typing test.
I've had to do all those things. Although, you could argue that with the
use of IDEs (Dreamweaver, for example) that I write very little Straight
Code.
Still, despite the need for documentation and written communication I
would not use a typing test to judge a programmer, because I think
One more thought on the documentation thing
Writing user documentation (or an article, or a book) is a very different
skill than being able to type. If a person can type 100 words a minute
while composing at the same time, I'd be very impressed.
At 03:36 PM 6/2/2005, you wrote:
So
One more thought on the documentation thing
Writing user documentation (or an article, or a book) is
a very different skill than being able to type. If a
person can type 100 words a minute while composing at the
same time, I'd be very impressed.
This is true -- and I don't type
If it's a software engineering job a typing test should be irrelevant.
Interview/testing time is precious and typing speed matters not at all.
Check if they have a thinking speed test!
If they need to test your typing speed you know that they are not for you!
So it actually is a useful indicator
Writing user documentation (or an article, or a book) is a very
different
skill than being able to type. If a person can type 100 words a minute
while composing at the same time, I'd be very impressed.
A former boss of mine (a business and tech consultant, one of the smartest
folks I've
