I see a frightening number of people buying into the disturbing assertions made in TFA: - that analytical thinking isn't necessary for programming. - that tra

I see a frightening number of people buying into the disturbing assertions made in TFA: - that analytical thinking isn't necessary for programming. - that translating pseudocode is a sufficient test of programming skill. - that Excel isn't equivalent to a programming environment, or somehow doesn't count as programming. - that FizzBuzz requires higher-order thinking. It's not like you're asking someone to implement lists as lambdas. Or the this website's namesake (the Y Combinator.) Each one of these items is a big fat WTF.