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- From: gmandel@netcom.com (Glenn Mandelkern)
- Subject: Re: Difficulty hiring people with C++ experience.
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- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 01:43:28 GMT
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- In article <4chmv0$u9e@hopi.gate.net>,
- Michael Feathers <feathers@gate.net> wrote:
- >Here is a good hint for anyone looking for a programming job:
- > Bring some of your source code with you!!
- >
- >Be prepared to walk through it with the interviewer. It breaks
- >the ice, avoids the puzzles, and creates a serious impression.
- >
- >
-
- I have heard this suggestion before, but I have a number of questions
- concerning submitting source code during an interview:
-
- --Most of my best source code has been written under employment.
- That code belongs to the employer. How comfortable would my
- next employer feel to see me freely taking around code from
- place to place, not mention copyright problems?
-
- --How does the employer know that it is in fact really my code?
-
- --Should I set aside time to develop my own projects, so that
- I then have a bank of source code to submit as mine?
-
- --What makes a piece of source code look so spectacular as to
- prevent an employer or colleague from saying, "So what?"
-
- A number of people are hired in other fields based upon track record
- and other instances demonstrating ability, willingness and manageability.
- Why are there so many hoops lately with software?
-
- What scares me is the emphasis placed on interviews. We could
- create a truth table of 2 inputs, the technical ability of the person
- and his interviewing skills. Each state would be "H" and "L", or
- better yet "great" and "lousy". I am sure we could each name people
- who fit all 4 combinations.
-
- I heard of one set of interviews when a C++ manager said to a colleague,
- "Interviews are all I have to go by to evaluate a candidate."
-
- What a shame--did this C++ employer not know that there is a term
- used in the hiring process which also happens to share the same name
- as a powerful feature of C++?
-
- REFERENCES!
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