4 ms·
> I find it to be a useful heuristic for general software engineering competency. So, like an IQ test without naming it an IQ test?
by sinenomine 4y ago
> I find it to be a useful heuristic for general software engineering competency.
So, like an IQ test without naming it an IQ test?
- Wohlf 4y agoCommunicating clearly doesn't require a high IQ at all, it's a general skill. If anything, high intelligence might be a detriment since a lot of the smarter people I've known can't or refuse to communicate clearly.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agothen they arent that smart? /s Seriously, I think our judgement of 'smartness' is lacking. We call people of loelw emotional intelligence smart.
- latency-guy2 4y agoNothing wrong with IQ tests at all, in fact we perform them all the time, maybe we call them coding tests, take home projects, or whiteboard interviews from time to time, but they are still a very effective measure of ability. Each of these has a way to eliminate people I have no reason to hire, including timid/shy people with no backbone of their own, people who are terrible at communicating, people who are clearly out of their depth even in a low stakes environment on a toy problem that doesn't even need to be fully solved.