Re:Fizzbuzzed
by jghn on Friday July 25, 2014 @04:01PM
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That's why I said it was nearly as important as the ability to code.
By that I meant that if interviewing a candidate you should be able to say w/ reasonable accuracy if they can a) actually write code (personally I don't usually care if it involves the tech stack I'm using) and b) have a strong breadth of knowledge on different paradigms, tools, languages, etc so that their decision making will be well informed going forward. Note that my lack of caring about tech stacks/languages/etc is because I've found people who are strong at b) are able to pick those things up rapidly, assuming that they actually can code in the general sense.
By that I meant that if interviewing a candidate you should be able to say w/ reasonable accuracy if they can a) actually write code (personally I don't usually care if it involves the tech stack I'm using) and b) have a strong breadth of knowledge on different paradigms, tools, languages, etc so that their decision making will be well informed going forward. Note that my lack of caring about tech stacks/languages/etc is because I've found people who are strong at b) are able to pick those things up rapidly, assuming that they actually can code in the general sense.