On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > 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.
I was talking only about *applications* at that point. From the point of view of an applicant, the massive noise of incompetent people trying to get the job means it's really hard to get heard, especially since a lot of the incompetents can make their resumes look great. [1] So getting a job you apply for based on your own skill is... not easy. At least, I'm fairly sure it's not easy. All I know is that it's never happened to me. [1] They probably learned from all the other department heads. http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-02-20/ ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
