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"Irrelevant and unrelated" to what? They can be, in certain circumstances. I'm not arguing that there are no people trying to get developer jobs who have no bu
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
"Irrelevant and unrelated" to what? They can be, in certain circumstances.
I'm not arguing that there are no people trying to get developer jobs who have no business doing it, or that it's always inappropriate to ask algorithms or data structures questions. I'm arguing that there is an overemphasis on trivialities, minutiae, and irrelevant details.
- philwelch 12y agoAnd that's irrelevant to my point, which is that before you can even get to trivialities and minutiae, the candidate has to be able to code their way out of a wet paper bag, and a surprising number of them can't.
- Iftheshoefits 12y agoThat "a surprising number of them can't [code their way out of a paper bag]" does not imply there is a shortage of tech workers, nor does it reveal anything particularly interesting about what you consider a "wet paper bag" to be. What is interesting is that based on your prior comment you believe certain things are universally useful and pertinent in a programming job, which is contentious and unsubstantiated at best. And that was rather my point.
- philwelch 12y agoI think the ability to write code is universally useful and pertinent in a programming job. A shocking number of people fail FizzBuzz. That's what I mean by "wet paper bag".