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Of course it can be quantified otherwise hiring based on skill level for a software role would be impossible. You can look a examples of code and know someone's
by proc0 7y ago
Of course it can be quantified otherwise hiring based on skill level for a software role would be impossible. You can look a examples of code and know someone's level and then deduce their performance based on output and quality of code. The problem is NON-technical people are the ones who want to quantify your performance! Which has been my problem for years in the software industry. If you haven't written code in years, you will be lost as to whether I'm writing good software or not, yet these are the people who rise to the top to manage the technical people and then do a horrible job because they have no idea what to optimize for.
- jammygit 7y agoThe standard practice is to quiz based on algorithms and data structures. How is that quantifying anybody’s performance? I knew a smart young algorithms guy once who could solve anything, but he still liked storing all his data in the global scope until he was told to stop it.
- proc0 7y agoYeah now that I think more about it, those quick tests say nothing about a candidate. It's definitely harder than it seems.