Wow - the typing thing seems to be popping up here a bit lately. You'd seriously give a someway qualified programmer a typing test? I don't think qualificatio

Wow - the typing thing seems to be popping up here a bit lately. You'd seriously give a someway qualified programmer a typing test? I don't think qualifications are a great hurdle requirement, but they are one of the indicators that are useful. Pretty much the best indication of how someone will do is past performance - and a degree contributes to that. As for trade qualifications - e.g. Certified CompanyXYZ Professional. I've often found them to be neutral or counter-indicators -- quite often they are (1) even though you know this stuff inside out to do this work we mandate this qualification or (2) I heard XYZ professionals get paid a lot so I'll buy a "get your XYZ professional cert in 15 days" book and qualify. In my experience anyway -- I've not done a massive amount of hiring really, but the # of positions would be in the 30's or 40's.