Peter da Silva wrote:
Actually...
I think the analogy "not hiring a brewer who doesn't drink" doesn't even
go far enough.
Even if you don't like programming, or don't currently program in your
spare time, I can't imagine someone who's a programmer who has *never*
written any software that they can't bring in as an example. Even if
it's something horrid from college that they think sucks, at least they
could bring it in and explain why it sucks and what they'd do
differently now. The point isn't to see the code, it's to have the code
there for them to explain, discuss, critique, apologize for, and so on.
If you count stuff they did back when they learnt how to program, then, yes,
almost everyone should have done something like that. Although I don't know
where's the CD with all that stuff of mine. I was only referring to claims about
writing code for yourself or the humanity outside of your job.
