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Re:Hiring without whiteboards by noxToken on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:35AM (#13876805)
> If somebody has been promoted multiple times in programming roles...then you know they can code

That's not necessarily true. There are people in "tenure" roles as I like to call them. They're not ostensibly bad, but they're far from good. They get promoted to senior developer and have pay raises each year. They're not bad enough to be let go, but after 5 years, they're still around and earn a senior title. They're not really in charge, but they're technically in charge with time at the company and the title.

I'm not saying throw deep algo questions at them, but promotions don't mean coding chops.

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Re:Hiring without whiteboards by notacoward on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:57AM (#13876996)
You do have to look at the role. If their role is to code, and they've been promoted recently, I stand by my claim. If they've moved into more of an "architecture" role or the promotion was more than a couple of years ago, then yeah, they might have lost it.
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