Re: Testing job applicants

[mww@merant.com (Michael Wojcik)]

[Followups set to a.f.c.]

In article <37CD390C.83000B3F@plano.net>, Charles Richmond <richmond@plano.net> writes:
> Jerry Freedman Jr wrote:
> > 
> > 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".
> > 
> > If there were tests to catch this, it would be worth it. I have been
> > stuck working with people who don't like it and view programming as a
> > stage, albeit unpleasant in their careers. I have never found it a
> > positive experience.
> > 
> Ask them (in the interview) what kind of computer equipment they have
> at home---and what programming projects they work on, one their own.
> If they are programming for free, for fun, then they *must* like it.

Skip the "at home".  Until I started working out of a home office,
I hadn't had a machine at home in years.  Why bother?  The office
is more comfortable.  I just stayed there most of the time.

(I only work from home now because I don't have a choice.  The
office is now 1500 miles away.)


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