Awesome CTO (A curated and opinionated list of resources for CTO)

Re:Awesome CTO (A curated and opinionated list of resources ... by throwboi123 on Sunday November 27, 2022 @09:50AM (#33763278)

> A surprisingly large fraction of applicants, even those with masters' degrees and PhDs in computer science, fail during interviews when asked to carry out basic programming tasks. For example, I've personally interviewed graduates who can't answer "Write a loop that counts from 1 to 10" or "What's the number after F in hexadecimal?

I wonder if this is true?

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Re:Awesome CTO (A curated and opinionated list of resources ... by rzzzt on Sunday November 27, 2022 @09:54AM (#33763305)

This is a quote in https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ if anyone's wondering.

What does the author win by lying about it?

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Re:Awesome CTO (A curated and opinionated list of resources ... by patrickthebold on Sunday November 27, 2022 @10:12AM (#33763420)

It could just be a mistake, or no longer true, it doesn't have to be a lie.

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Re:Awesome CTO (A curated and opinionated list of resources ... by rzzzt on Sunday November 27, 2022 @10:50AM (#33763702)

You are right, I was concentrating more on the second half of the quote which is about someone's personal experience. If what they describe is what they've encountered, it should not have an expiry date.

For the extrapolating "surprisingly large fraction" part, I have no idea. Maybe someone is keeping count on these numbers; it would be interesting to see them.

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Re:Awesome CTO (A curated and opinionated list of resources ... by meta2023 on Sunday November 27, 2022 @11:25AM (#33764086)

I’ve worked alongside and interviewed software engineers for 20+ years. I definitely think the higher the level of education the less pragmatic and functional the engineer.

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