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I, on the other hand, would pass this filter and highly appreciate working with someone who maintains it. Not spelling it JAVA or GIT is a minor, but important
by quadrifoliate 4y ago
I, on the other hand, would pass this filter and highly appreciate working with someone who maintains it.
Not spelling it JAVA or GIT is a minor, but important detail in an industry full of acronyms. People who miss out on small details like this are also make massive mistakes elsewhere in their work and tank the productivity and morale of their teams as a result.
- password11 4y agoTo be fair, misspelling "Java" as "java" or "JAVA" is both a signal about Java knowledge and a signal about understanding what's canonical English usage in the U.S. So it's somewhat biased against non native English speakers. But at the end of the day, software startups want hackers. And hackers know how to spell Java.
- quadrifoliate 4y agoI didn't list "java" as a misspelling. It could theoretically refer to the command line program of the same name that the applicant knows about. Spelling it JAVA means you are ignoring that it could stand for an acronym. I don't see how that's biased against non-native English speakers; languages other than English have acronyms. I suppose it could perhaps against speakers of languages that don't have the concept of uppercase/lowercase; but then wouldn't you expect speakers of these languages to reproduce the (unfamiliar) name "Java" exactly?
- mym1990 4y agoThe funny thing is that while talking about attention to detail you say things like '...miss out on small details like this are also make massive mistakes...' Given that this is a forum and low stakes, I just find it rather amusing.