Yes, that IT test you cite is a good one, it actually test whether the guy can get real work done. The test that raganwald proposes doesn't actually test whethe

Yes, that IT test you cite is a good one, it actually test whether the guy can get real work done. The test that raganwald proposes doesn't actually test whether "the guy [can] create software which works, is testable, is reliable" -- it's testing whether they pass the test. Knowing your shit is one way to pass the test, but a lot more people pass the test by just memorizing test materials and learning the test instead of learning the subject. The situation might be improved if the whole Test Prep industry were made illegal. The part that saddens me the most is that the people who make the tests are also the ones selling the Test Prep materials to teach you how to circumvent the test! argh.