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Yeah, kind of, but the false negatives are really severe. You want to select people who really care about development, and while that question might be a prett
by tjogin 15y ago
Yeah, kind of, but the false negatives are really severe.
You want to select people who really care about development, and while that question might be a pretty good filter for people in their early twenties, it's also a good way to filter out those who have a decade+ more experience but have other life priorities, like a family.
Certainly, their extra decade or more of work and life experience outweighs the inconvenience of them not programming very much in their spare time.
- trustfundbaby 15y agoCertainly, their extra decade or more of work and life experience outweighs the inconvenience of them not programming very much in their spare time. ------------------------------- A good developer with a decade of work/life experience would have built something in his spare time in the past ... when life wasn't always that hectic. That would work for me too, I'm sure a "I don't do a lot of programming after work now, but when I had more spare time, I did x" should suffice. Plus, its not a disqualifier ... you don't discard an interviewee just because they don't have side projects that they've done.