> But I really would hesitate to work at a place that just took people's word on their programming ability. This is how I've hired for every open position in m

> But I really would hesitate to work at a place that just took people's word on their programming ability. This is how I've hired for every open position in my company. You'd be amazed how easy it is to weed people out based on a conversation. It's very rare that someone can talk the talk without actually knowing what they're doing. There are too many obscure concepts and it gets clear really quickly if someone is bullshitting or has no idea what they're talking about.