Re: Testing job applicants

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Jerry Freedman Jr wrote in message <7qjlnv$r1l$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>In article <FG7B1C.FL0@world.std.com>,
>  jkenton@world.std.com (Jeff Kenton) wrote:
>>
>> Note:  this was the thread about "Not enough real programmers", but I
>> have hijacked it.
>>
>
>I have met a *LOT* of people with Computer Science/Engineering degrees
>who have told me "Yeah, I am getting this degree, but I really don't
>want/like to program".
>

This may be controversial but as a rule we find people with computer science
degrees don't make good software engineers.  This is at least in part
because nearly all our developments are cost sensitive embedded
applications.  We find computer scientists have insufficient appreciation of
the hardware aspects.

Ian