Comments on: What is your level in the “Programmer Competency Matrix”? http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/2009/09/03/what-is-your-level-in-the-programmer-competency-matrix/ Rich Internet Applications, Software Development, Human-Computer Interaction Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Josh http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/2009/09/03/what-is-your-level-in-the-programmer-competency-matrix/comment-page-1/#comment-295780 Josh Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:48:54 +0000 http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/?p=680#comment-295780 To answer Adam, no, maintaining a blog doesn't necessarily tell you if someone is a good programmer. However, it shows you how much they interact with the programming and technology community in which they're involved. It gives you a different angle from which to evaluate them them and their skills (without on-the-spot interview nervousness). Finally, I think it's a great way to see how passionate someone is about their work. I love working around people who excitedly talk about things they're proud of creating. Sharing a little code here and there is a big plus too, double points for maintaining open source projects. To answer Adam, no, maintaining a blog doesn’t necessarily tell you if someone is a good programmer. However, it shows you how much they interact with the programming and technology community in which they’re involved. It gives you a different angle from which to evaluate them them and their skills (without on-the-spot interview nervousness). Finally, I think it’s a great way to see how passionate someone is about their work. I love working around people who excitedly talk about things they’re proud of creating. Sharing a little code here and there is a big plus too, double points for maintaining open source projects.

]]> By: adampasz http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/2009/09/03/what-is-your-level-in-the-programmer-competency-matrix/comment-page-1/#comment-295745 adampasz Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:12:28 +0000 http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/?p=680#comment-295745 Yeah, I don't know... It's kind of interesting as a collection of items to consider, but I'd be kind of concerned if an interviewer actually used this as a checklist for an interview. I mean does the fact that someone has a blog reflect in any way on their programming ability? Actually, this is probably most useful for an interviewee, as a way to orient themselves on the sort of things they might be asked for a particular engineering position. Yeah, I don’t know…

It’s kind of interesting as a collection of items to consider, but I’d be kind of concerned if an interviewer actually used this as a checklist for an interview. I mean does the fact that someone has a blog reflect in any way on their programming ability?

Actually, this is probably most useful for an interviewee, as a way to orient themselves on the sort of things they might be asked for a particular engineering position.

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