Re:Why we don't hire programmers based on puzzles and tricks
by papsosouid on Friday February 22, 2013 @12:08PM
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>Trivial puzzlers like:write a fizzbuzz program
That isn't a "puzzler", in any way, shape or form. It is quite literally "write the most basic, simple, trivial program possible". There is no trick to it, no gotcha, no special information that makes it suddenly go from hard to easy. It is always easy, and is a practical test of actual programming knowledge.
Re:Why we don't hire programmers based on puzzles and tricks
by grey-area on Friday February 22, 2013 @01:34PM
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I didn't mean to imply it was hard. As to a test of programming knowledge, I'm glad I'm not in a position where I'm exposed to people who would fail such a test :)
That isn't a "puzzler", in any way, shape or form. It is quite literally "write the most basic, simple, trivial program possible". There is no trick to it, no gotcha, no special information that makes it suddenly go from hard to easy. It is always easy, and is a practical test of actual programming knowledge.