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Not the point you’re making but in a C shop, if I interview and somebody pulls out K&R in 2023, they’re not getting hired. I get the wider point you’re making,
by PaulRobinson 3y ago
Not the point you’re making but in a C shop, if I interview and somebody pulls out K&R in 2023, they’re not getting hired.
I get the wider point you’re making, and yes, a chat can help. Elsewhere in a reply to this I talk about how I personally like to do that, but the problem is, a significant number of people can talk about coding but can’t actually code.
I once interviewed somebody who had passed 3 previous calls. Asked them to implement fizzbuzz. Couldn’t.
That is a real problem. It’s not myth.
As such, I’m not hiring somebody without seen them writing code the same way I wouldn’t hire a designer without seeing their actual personal portfolio.
- nomel 3y ago> a significant number of people can talk about coding but can’t actually code. We removed pseudocode from our pre-screening due to this. Some people are absolutely great with English and pseudocode, but can't write a for loop, in their "preferred" language of their choosing. I'm sure they could be great at programming...eventually.
- Apocryphon 3y agoA Zed Shaw's Learn C the Hard Way fan, I see.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoAsking people face-to-face is a lot different then asking over a phone, it's easily 1/10th the info, or less, so of course the percentage of fakers is much higher.