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Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by lmm on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:30AM (#14561305)
> having SOME thought out response can be a GREAT indicator of how well versed someone is in general.

Did you cross-check this against any other measure? I can see it going both ways - maybe someone who saves their attention for more important matters would be better at producing value than someone who cares about such minutiae.

Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by jdc0589 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:36AM (#14561363)
yea, thats why I specified "and it doesn't mean anything on its own,"
Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by lmm on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:42AM (#14561421)
So how can it be a great indicator then?
Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by jdc0589 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:59AM (#14561582)
an indicator is just that, an indicator. It doesn't mean anything on its own, but in the presence of additional information (interview question responses and discussions in this case) it can help paint a better picture. If someone answered this question with "what? I don't know/care", and then knocked more important questions out of the park, then it was obviously a bad indicator and isn't relevant.
Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by lmm on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:22PM (#14561810)
I don't follow. Either their answer means something or it doesn't.
Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by khedoros1 on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:58PM (#14571201)
Some answers only mean something in combination with other answers. You're looking at the cloud of data points, not the answer to any single question.
Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by Can_Not on Friday June 16, 2017 @09:33AM (#14568728)
Some answers will mean something and other answers will mean nothing.
Re:Developers who use spaces make more money than those who ... by rdiddly on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:24PM (#14563583)
Correct.