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Ask HN: How to detect an imposter pretending to be an expert programmer?
Need a finer seive than Fizzbuzz.
Firearms : https://youtu.be/N1Sw8fe9hJI :: Programming : ?
- textread 4y agoClickable Youtube link: https://youtu.be/N1Sw8fe9hJI https://youtu.be/N1Sw8fe9hJI
- mtmail 4y agoIs there a summary of the 17 minute video?
- textread 4y agoThe author of the video lists 5 tips:- 1. speaks authoritatively about something he is not in a position to know 2. keeps quoting the ballistics charts that he has memorised like its gospel 3. keeps making claims of the format X is just as powerful as Y. Eg: "22 long rifle is just as powerful as .3006 rifle" 4. keeps making claims about firearms he was never in possession of 5. keeps making claims of the format "There is no such thing as X" (The author of the video says this is the most useful trick)
- rurban 4y agoBy interviewing. Extremely simple and popular solution
- textread 4y agoThis indeed seems to be the most practical solution. So, lets say you are constrained to asking 5 questions to detect an imposter generalist programmer, what would they be?