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>I think FizzBuzz does filter obsessive people. FizzBuzz doesn't filter anyone, the people using it do. It is not difficult to explain the purpose of the exer
by papsosouid 14y ago
>I think FizzBuzz does filter obsessive people.
FizzBuzz doesn't filter anyone, the people using it do. It is not difficult to explain the purpose of the exercise, and that easily resolves the problem for people looking for "clean" solutions.
- GhotiFish 14y agoIs this your experience? I've seen good programmers, people I know who are good programers, get stammered by FizzBuzz for lack of "clean" solutions.
- papsosouid 14y agoYes. I think you are seriously underestimating the intellectual capacity of those people. Telling them "it doesn't matter how nice it is, or clean it is, or generic, or reusable, or maintainable, it is just to see if you can do basic introductory level code" solves the problem. Anyone who still stands there like a moron writing nothing is useless as a developer, regardless of the reason they stand there.
- GhotiFish 14y agoFair point then. > I think you are seriously underestimating the intellectual capacity of those people overestimating?
- TillE 14y agoLots of practical problems don't have clean, elegant solutions. Maybe part of it will be a beautiful algorithm, but some of the logic will probably be fairly clunky. You have to be able to solve those problems too.