I've noticed a trend as of late with developer blogs. It seems that a bull market for developers has made a bunch of prima donnas of some of these folks. The po

I've noticed a trend as of late with developer blogs. It seems that a bull market for developers has made a bunch of prima donnas of some of these folks. The point made is valid(dont work for free, and the interview process is broken), but seems he also felt the need to include all of the essential holier than thou blog techniques to make this point: - a "mock" conversation that leaves the person in charge flummoxed - use of the word "hipster" using this word is now kind of self parodying... - inferences that he shares the love by contributing to open source - use of the f word to drive the point home. So I came away thinking this guy was a dick and probably difficult to work with, I wouldnt hire this guy even if he was the best developer Ive ever met. That said, yes- the interview process is broken, there needs to be a better way to assess developers in the real world and not resort to trivia and "working for free". I think its been proposed here pretty often that a small short term contract is probably about the best way to be fair to both parties. The developer gets to show off what he/she is capable of, and doesn't have to give away IP for free. The company is protected by not having to make a judgement call based on how he/she answers programming trivia. The team gets to see how this person works and thinks about problems, especially if it is an in person interview.