brilliant. I've been working on a side project for a few months now and it got me thinking about how I'd like to hire programmers if the need ever arises and I

brilliant. I've been working on a side project for a few months now and it got me thinking about how I'd like to hire programmers if the need ever arises and I had sketched out something (in my head) that was eerily similar ... I think this is the way things should be done, I want to see how the potential hire actually does the job, integrates with the team and deals with other things like version control, getting setup with a database type they may not be familiar with. It surprises me when companies hire devs (and pay them lots of money) without ever seeing them code.