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If you don't know the basic features of a language you don't know that language anymore. You maybe once knew it really well, and you still know the general syn
by sanswork 18y ago
If you don't know the basic features of a language you don't know that language anymore. You maybe once knew it really well, and you still know the general syntax, but you aren't a insert language programmer anymore.
I do agree though that testing specific language skills is mostly pointless. The only time I've been given a programming test as part of an interview I was given a basic language spec that filled a couple pages then a book of problems to solve in the new language. Thats the way you should test programming skill in my opinion.
- TFrancis 18y agoI don't think that I would ever hire a insert language programmer. When looking for someone to program, I'm just looking for a programmer; language isn't important.
- sanswork 18y agoA lot of people get hired in for emergencies. In such cases waiting for person to learn your offices language of choice isn't ideal.
- TFrancis 18y agoThough they aren't always possible to avoid, I consider "emergencies" examples of poor business decisions and try to avoid them.
- Xichekolas 18y agoWhile I can see some merit in this argument, I'd also point out that I've never met a decent programmer that can't pick up a new language at least passingly in a day or two.