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> Good programmers really enjoy talking about the details of the technology and how they solved challenging problems. Bad programmers also enjoy talking about
by hasenj 11y ago
> Good programmers really enjoy talking about the details of the technology and how they solved challenging problems.
Bad programmers also enjoy talking about that. They can make it sound like it was an awesome project.
You can't tell until you actually look at their code and realize it's all a spaghetti mess.
- eikenberry 11y agoIn my experiences this is generally not true, bad programmers cannot talk the talk. I've found the problem is sometimes missing good candidates because that particular one found you intimidating in some way. You can try to mitigate this some by having multiple interviewers to try to find someone on your team they can relate to. But really even this tends to work in your favor, because if they don't click with anyone on your team they probably won't do well even if they are good.
- hasenj 11y agoI'm defining bad as someone who knows how to write code but has been doing it "wrong" for so long and they're not really willing to unlearn their bad practices.