Comments on: Hiring Great Developers http://shiftmode.com/2008/09/hiring-great-developers.html zeros and ones Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Curt Bushko http://shiftmode.com/2008/09/hiring-great-developers.html/comment-page-1#comment-17643 Curt Bushko Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:22:39 +0000 http://shiftmode.com/2008/09/hiring-great-developers.html#comment-17643 I agree with you. Standard pseudo-code or code "tests" don't work. Would you really want to avoid hiring a genius just because they forgot the curly bracket or the name of a class in their code? In the "real world" work environment all it takes is 1 minute with Google or an O'Reilly book to figure out what those values should be. What is more important is that they have the skills, knowledge and drive to be able to figure those things out. I think your idea of sitting down with them is excellent. You'll have a better chance of seeing if the coder "get's it" or is just bluffing. I agree with you. Standard pseudo-code or code “tests” don’t work. Would you really want to avoid hiring a genius just because they forgot the curly bracket or the name of a class in their code? In the “real world” work environment all it takes is 1 minute with Google or an O’Reilly book to figure out what those values should be.

What is more important is that they have the skills, knowledge and drive to be able to figure those things out.

I think your idea of sitting down with them is excellent. You’ll have a better chance of seeing if the coder “get’s it” or is just bluffing.

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