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That would be awesome to know. I often don't know how good or bad I am. I often think I'm pretty inept until I look around. I'd love to know how inept I actu
by seiji 14y ago
That would be awesome to know. I often don't know how good or bad I am. I often think I'm pretty inept until I look around. I'd love to know how inept I actually am so I can improve.
Also, a lot of companies only need 40th percentile programmers. Everybody seems to want to hire I-Can-Create-Google-In-A-Weekend people. Sorry, but your online coffee ordering startup doesn't need me to waste an hour in pre-interviews rehashing sorting algorithms from undergrad. I've a library of work. Let's talk like humans, not machines requiring proof-of-work tests against each other.
- rprospero 14y agoHonestly, I agree with you. My main concern is that I've known too many programmers with their self-esteem wrapped up in the idea that they're the world's greatest who would balk at any test that didn't end with being given a Turing award. Now, any business that can keep these guys out of your hiring pool is already a net positive, but it's also going to kill a disappointingly large part of your base. Also, while I agree that the coffee shop website doesn't require Donald Knuth, the hard part will be convincing the coffee shop owner that that's true. Especially with the meme that "A players hire A player; B players hire C players". It's just an issue of marketing. If your firm was promising a 40% programmer for $50k and mine was promising a 99.9% programmer for $25k, most of the hiring manager I've known would hire mine, despite my testing procedure obviously being crap.
- duaneb 14y agoPerhaps one that displayed rating with an average salary of that rating might fix this problem?