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I hire engineers all the time, and one of the most common failure cases in hiring is someone who's smart but doesn't get things done - i.e. they whiteboard/inte
by scottru 16y ago
I hire engineers all the time, and one of the most common failure cases in hiring is someone who's smart but doesn't get things done - i.e. they whiteboard/interview/code sample well, but when push comes to shove, don't actually end up delivering.
There are lots of reasons people don't deliver, but one is that they aren't actually writing code during the day. I'd love to have someone prescreened with a "he actually spent 40 hours this week working in Textmate & Terminal." That's like hearing you're somebody's first choice - a huge point in your favor.
So while I can't imagine this not feeling slightly creepy, I love the idea. Go RescueTime go!
- tjr 16y agoI once worked with a guy who spent an inordinate amount of time working in his text editor... modifying editor settings. He didn't actually produce much code on our project.