In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tracy R
Reed) writes:
>
> I recently experienced a senior level IT guy who was a hunt and pecker.
> This made me think: Perhaps we should administer a typing test? Would
> that be offensive? Can you really be an experienced
> coder/sysadmin/whatever and not know how to type without looking at the
> keyboard? People who don't know how to type are the ones who never like
> to communicate via email or IM but instead always want to call you or
> stop by or whatever. They also can't work from home as virtual employees
> or effectively utilize a wiki to document their work etc.
>
I know a few fast 'pecker' developers but none of then need to see the
keyboard while typing ('hunt').
I use polished keyboards on all my systems, this forces my daughter to
type without looking at the key tags and keeps people away from my
terminals. You could polish the tags off a keyboard so that the next time
you interview somebody you could ask them to write a script, app, essay or
e-mail on the system using the blank keyboard. This will help you determine
if they consentrate on the 'keys' or the 'task', depending on what you
asked then to write you could also get some much needed insight on how they
communicate if at all.
OT: When I interview somebody for a development job, I show them some code
that contains a few errors and useless bits of code hidden inside. I ask
them to review the code and e-mail me back with details on how the coding
guideline for the company can be improved ( clearly a trap ).
Most developers just submit some wacky guideline improvements ( I discard
them quickly as they did the code ), but a few developers actually spot
the 'trap'; they do so by trying to understand the code. They find the
errors and try to fix them they might also notice that code contains some
absolutely redundant or poorly implemented sections and submit patches
along with a few guideline improvements.
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Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas (gamaral)
Free/Libre/Open-Source Software Advocate & KDE Developer
http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/
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