On 03/01/2017 11:11 PM, oshwm wrote:
> I'd take someone with good imagination who has to look up fine details over
> someone who has a photographic memory and no imagination any day.
The money men opted for lack of imagination and ability to smile at your
co-worker even as you plan their
"James A. Donald" wrote:
These are not tests of rote memorization. Someone who passes them by
rote memorization is cheating. These are tests of ability to write a
simple program.
You ask someone to write a bubble sort, not because anyone ever needs a
bubble sort, but
On 2 March 2017 07:22:48 GMT+00:00, "James A. Donald"
wrote:
>On 3/2/2017 5:11 PM, oshwm wrote:
>> I'd take someone with good imagination who has to look up fine
> > details over someone who has a photographic memory and no
> > imagination any day.
>
>These are not tests of
On 3/2/2017 5:11 PM, oshwm wrote:
I'd take someone with good imagination who has to look up fine
> details over someone who has a photographic memory and no
> imagination any day.
These are not tests of rote memorization. Someone who passes them by
rote memorization is cheating. These are
On 2 March 2017 04:22:34 GMT+00:00, "James A. Donald"
wrote:
>On 3/2/2017 1:00 PM, Razer wrote:
>>> A number of programmers have taken it Twitter to bring it to
>>> everyone's, but particularly recruiter's, attention about the
>grueling
>>> interview process in their field
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 02:22:34PM +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
> On 3/2/2017 1:00 PM, Razer wrote:
> >>A number of programmers have taken it Twitter to bring it to
> >>everyone's, but particularly recruiter's, attention about the grueling
> >>interview process in their field that relies heavily
On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 07:00:12PM -0800, Razer wrote:
> > A cottage industry has emerged that reminds us uncomfortably of SAT
> > prep," Karla Monterroso, VP of programs for Code2040, an organization
> > for black and Latino techies, wrote in a critique of the whiteboard
> > interview. [...] This
On 3/2/2017 1:00 PM, Razer wrote:
A number of programmers have taken it Twitter to bring it to
everyone's, but particularly recruiter's, attention about the grueling
interview process in their field that relies heavily on technical
questions.
David Heinemeier Hansson, a well-known programmer
> A number of programmers have taken it Twitter to bring it to
> everyone's, but particularly recruiter's, attention about the grueling
> interview process in their field that relies heavily on technical
> questions.
>
> David Heinemeier Hansson, a well-known programmer and the creator of
> the