Re:Will the real programmers please stand up?
by grogers on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @05:45PM
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Staying calm while thinking through a solution is a pretty useful trait to be hiring for - not just for programmers either. What happens when the shit hits the fan and everything is core dumping left and right - do you really want someone whose head is going to explode? Or do you want someone who can stay calm and diagnose the problem and/or get to a workaround quickly.
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Re:Will the real programmers please stand up?
by prodigal_erik on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @08:52PM
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This. Every so often something blows up at 2 am and we have to troubleshoot an unknown problem while our employer loses $3k/hour and everyone in charge wants to know WTF. Thankfully it's rare, but I don't want us to have to support your code if you aren't up to offering useful help at that moment.