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  • Subject: Re: /400 skills test
  • From: "OleBlighty" <oleblighty@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 22:21:11 -0700


----- Original Message -----
From: <boothm@earth.Goddard.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:59 PM
Subject: RE: /400 skills test


> No one else has even mentioned looking at actual code as a means of
> evaluating a programmer.  Why not?
>
> It interests me that no one has yet mentioned a portfolio of code as a
> means of evaluating a programmer.  I have a selection of code that I feel
> represents my abilities and that I feel should be of more interest than a
> written test.
>
> _______________________
> Booth Martin

Booth,

How does the interviewer know that you wrote the code in the portfolio?
Just 'cause you can explain how the code works, and maybe cite a different
approach that could have been used, does not mean that you actually designed
the solution.  IMHO the most important factor for an interviewer to
establish is that the candidate understands (or will be able to understand)
the business world in which he/she will work  Learning the code is the easy
bit.  Successfully applying that to business practice is what shows
experience.  I do not believe a code portfolio would be able to show that.

Regards,

OleBlighty.


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