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Re:Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs by commandlinefan on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @12:18PM (#19920915)
I think we’re in the minority around here, but I’d like to see something like a bar exam for professional developers, too. The immediate benefit is that I don’t have to waste time proving that I know how to program a computer over and over again and you don’t have to waste time checking, but it would also be incredibly helpful to know that my coworkers have also passed it, so I know what I can assume they already understand, and what I might need to explain. Of course, I've always been a good test-taker, so maybe I'm biased.
Re:Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs by kod on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @12:50PM (#19921278)
I've passed the bar exam.

It is not a good indicator of competence.

Most people pay a third party (after having paid for law school) to cram the information into their head in a short period of time.

RHCE for example isn't great, but having passed both I think it's actually better than the bar exam, since they at least hand you a live broken server.