Re: [ProgSoc] Interview with the Vampire

[Anand Kumria <wildfire@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 02:47:50AM +1000, David Shoon wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, jedd wrote:
> 
> >  If you're going to employ someone short-term, it's a lesser
> >  issue, but if you're going to have someone work with you
> >  for more than a few weeks I think it pays to go through a
> >  much more thorough assessment process.  In the case of
> >  a programmer, the best assessment is to actually look at
> >  their code.
> 
> 
> Actually, what better way to do this than to ask, "Can I see if you've
> done any open source projects?"

Done, or contributed? Few people will ever start a project (rather like
those the number of people who write an OS), most will contribute.

> This way, their code will have already been judged by others.

As Jedd said, sometimes it isn't the code but being able to see how they
interact with others and/or document which matters more.

Anand

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 When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never
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