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My friend has made four awesome sites like this, but everywhere he interviews at they disregard those sites and assume he can't program because he kind of stumb
by tocomment 16y ago
My friend has made four awesome sites like this, but everywhere he interviews at they disregard those sites and assume he can't program because he kind of stumbles around when answering coding questions. He told me it's a combination of being nervous and using a lot of notes while he works because doesn't have a good memory.
I always wonder who potential employers think made his web applications when they reject him saying he doesn't know enough programming.
- bryanh 16y agoThat's pretty much me. I can't tell you how to do some arcane task in code, but give me a week and I'll get a working website doing pretty much anything you want. Give me a few months and it will be polished and ready for anything. I know I'm not in the minority, as hackers/entrepreneurs, we know ourselves and have drive. Too many employers disregard true results-focused driven people because of a "lack of skills".
- jim_dot 16y agoYeah I'm pretty terrible on the phone, and I have over 5 years of professional experience (plus coding since I was about 15). So when I get to the part of the phone call where they ask computer science questions I haven't thought about in a bunch of years, I usually just fumble about, get concepts confused, and generally completely blank out. The better ones are the companies who ask you to do a coding assignment (and I'm not talking FizzBuzz). Sure I wouldn't want to end up having TOO MANY companies ask me to do it since it would be very time consuming, but certainly if you're taking your time to go through the process you should be able to put some time into writing a small demo app for companies you're passionate about joining.