I haven't had the peers to know if I'm a strong coder, but the last time we filled a position, I'm certain none of the candidates was a strong coder. I tried t

I haven't had the peers to know if I'm a strong coder, but the last time we filled a position, I'm certain none of the candidates was a strong coder. I tried to get each of them to just read a 200 line NON(!)obscure perl program, and no one seemed to make a serious effort. I'm a peer, not a manager, but I suspect we were trying to get a Bay area employee at Research Triangle Park prices.