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Does it make you feel smarter when you give people tests?

• theamk 5y ago
  not really? The tests are fairly basic - there are just not very many tasks that are (1) can be done in <10 minutes (2) are not "aha!" questions and (3) interesting. If you can solve the programming task like this, it is basic proficiency, not something to be smart about. An analogy: being able to do programming tests is like being able to calculate percentage ratios in the high school. Yes, there are plenty of students who cannot do that - but they are not interested in math. And for the students who are interested in math, the "percentage" problems are so simple it is not even worth mentioning. Also, a bit of general advice: when you work in software, you don't usually want to be "the smartest person in the group" - this can easily lead to lack of professional development. You want to work with people who are smarter the you are, because you can learn from them.