Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-08-20 Thread David Krings
On 8/20/2013 6:31 PM, Gary Mort wrote: The only scale I know of is "beginner/expert"... Studies show that for beginners, productivity and code quality increase dramatically when they adhere to a set of code quality rules, version control guidelines, etc as agreed upon by the expert coders in the

Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-08-20 Thread Justin Dearing
Can you provide a link to that study? I've never heard that, and my gut says it's folk wisdom that "experts" use to justify their behaviour. On Aug 20, 2013 6:32 PM, "Gary Mort" wrote: > On 7/26/2013 8:51 AM, leam hall wrote: > >> Not that I'm looking for a job right now, but there's always the f

Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-08-20 Thread Gary Mort
On 7/26/2013 8:51 AM, leam hall wrote: Not that I'm looking for a job right now, but there's always the future. Is there a reasonably common scale for saying how good you are with a programming language? Something more than "Rate yourself on a 1-10" scale. In my case I can read several and am