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Before we backslap too much, note that the study isn't about programming skills, it is about sitting on SO all day answering questions instead of working.
by Evbn 13y ago
Before we backslap too much, note that the study isn't about programming skills, it is about sitting on SO all day answering questions instead of working.
- mtviewdave 13y agoThat would be a more compelling argument if the startup community hadn't spent the last several years claiming that participation in online forums like StackOverflow is a good metric for evaluating the quality of potential hires.
- matula 13y agoExactly. And lately, it seems to Github repos and open source projects you've contributed to (which actually isn't so horrible).