Chris Angelico wrote: > There are blog posts out there about how large proportions of > applicants can't even write simple code on command... and I've taken > the questions and shown them to my siblings (who protest that they're > definitely not programmers), proving that a basic smattering of > mathematical nous puts you above people who are trying to earn money > from coding. > > It's like a carpenter, looking for a skilled assistant, and getting > people who don't know which end of a saw to hold.
http://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ Not everyone agrees that this is a thing: http://www.skorks.com/2010/10/99-out-of-100-programmers-cant-program-i-call-bullshit/ I'm inclined to accept that maybe 99 out of 100 *applications* for programming jobs are from people who can't program, but I don't think that 99 out of 100 *programmers* can't program. It's probably more like 65, maybe 70 out of 100, tops. Ha ha only serious. More here: http://www.protocolostomy.com/2010/03/15/programmers-that-cant-program/ -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
