On 6/17/13 3:54 PM, Justin Whear wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:12:29 +0200, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 6/17/13, Justin Whear<jus...@economicmodeling.com> wrote:
we really need folks who can solve problems on their own, ask questions
once, and not repeat mistakes.
So basically, people who don't exist.
Hah, that's the ideal. It's not like we have some system of punishing
people who screw up, we just expect people to learn from their mistakes,
something which is not true of everyone.
When interviewing I'm observant to how candidates respond to various
suggestions for improving their code. Some put effort in assessing the
value of the suggestion and incorporate it if they find it good, or
discuss it if they don't. Some others just make it a point that they
didn't make a mistake, do all they can to defend code as is, and
generally are unwilling to change code (even if sometimes is severely
broken). That's a red flag.
Andrei
