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Someone once brought in his laptop. He showed me a running program and gave me a tour of his code. It was very impressive.

• Luyt 16y ago
  That's very much like what I would ask from a candidate developer: "Bring your laptop and show me some stuff you made in the past year(s), and expect to implement a small programming problem I give you. You may use your favourite development environment for that."
  • Leynos 16y ago
    What happens if they don't have a laptop?
    • ojbyrne 16y ago
      Wouldn't that be some kind of a contra-indication? Not a definite "don't hire" signal, but pretty close.
      • abalashov 16y ago
        Now, sorry to say, but that's just a stupid presumption. It amounts to either economic discrimination against people who can't afford a laptop (for a whole host of possible reasons other than "I guess they never had a job that paid well because they are crap programmers"), or at the very least, prejudice against people who work on desktops and don't like laptops. Not every programmer is a laptop-wielding RoR nomad who writes code wherever, whenever. Some people need their special cave and their fixed rig. Don't assume everyone is like you.