[ale] [SEMI-OT] Skills for programmers/engineers?

[James Sumners]

Are you hiring programmers or computer scientists? Last time I used
Big-O notation was around 1999 when took two introduction to computer
science courses (the only such courses I have ever taken). In my
day-to-day work, I use it not at all.

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Rev. Johnny Healey <rev.null at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I have done interviews in the past, I usually would expect the
> candidate to be able to implement a short algorithm (in their language of
> choice or pseudocode) and express the runtime in Big-O notation.
>
> -Johnny
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:03 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A question has been popping up in a few places and your thoughts would
>> be welcome.
>>
>> If someone applies for a programming job in language "X"; what other
>> measurable skills and resume bullets should they have? For example:
>>
>> 1. Code in a public repository in language X
>> 2. Skill in version control
>> 3. If X is a web language, then a framework.
>> 4. If X is an object oriented language, then OOP skills.
>>
>> Not being a real programmer I'm trying to build my goal list and path.
>> Have also seen others who are  needing the same information.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Leam
>>
>>
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