Perl and SQL

Post #145,097 by broomberg 3/9/04 7:05:13 PM Reply	Perl and SQL They are on the resume, and he knew enough for some entry level manipulation. But he never saw the requirements for the job, the headhunter threw him at us. The second I started in that direction he immediately told me he didn't consider those among his primary skillsets. If we had a junior position open I could see using him there, for a slow ramp up, but not for this one. I'd say it would be at least 3 months of heavy supervision / training before we could trust him to touch any data, sucking down a senior person 25%. We filled the current full-time position. This interview is for a contracter to tide us over until that guy is fully up to speed. We can't afford 2 people as trainees right now.
Post #145,100 by deSitter 3/9/04 7:14:47 PM Reply	All this for THAT?? A stupid programming syntax? You went to all this trouble for a fucking SYNTAX? I understand now what is wrong with this business and why I must get out of it. People like you are so shallow you have no way of evaluating actual ability, so you hire the only thing you do know, a syntax, a piece of paper. I spit on this business and the entire idea of it. God forgive me for making the mistake of thinking I could make an honest living at it. I am being justly punished for turning my back on teaching - but that didn't seem honest and this did. How could I have been so stupid? I curse the day I ever drew the first penny from this miserable, horrible whore's work. -drl
Post #145,110 by folkert 3/9/04 7:40:45 PM Reply	What did you SAY?! bwahaha I still see you have much to speak, without much to say. Yes, I am not even reading your posts, becuase I have to expend MORE effort to, which I won't. And Yes, I'll be betting you are frothing about it being Perl and SQL being weak. You effing Bastard, you so damn predictable. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* I did a 10K wheelchair race once. The guy who pushed me still has the whip-marks.
Post #145,111 by admin 3/9/04 7:41:16 PM Reply	Quit feeding him, Greg. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #145,144 by ChrisR 3/9/04 9:36:23 PM Reply	That'd do it I've read a couple books on Perl, but I must fess that I don't really get what ties it all together. Every new trick that I'd see look like it was coming from the blue, without being related to any other tricks that I stumbled across. Not really a knock on Perl - lots of people performing lots of useful things in the language, but I just never got my head around it. However, I'm hoping your latter interviewee lands gainful employment. When it comes to Perl, my interview would go much more like the first candidate.
Post #145,151 by broomberg 3/9/04 10:08:11 PM Reply	The sample program was "interesting" He was unable to do it on the fly. We were pretty sure he was not going to pass the tech interview, and he told me he could not code it while I waited. But he asked if I could sent it to him and let him try anyway. Fine. I figured it might give me some insight to him in case I tried to place him somewhere else. He sent it back 2 hours later. It worked. It was OK designed. But it was obvious he had never read a Perl book. He was an Awk programmer who probably did an occasional hack of other people's Perl code. He confused single item slices with hash items. He did not use strict or warnings. He did not close his files. But he did error on open fails, and the code was neat and well commented, including closing braces. I suspect he might of done a bit of CGI. I wonder what level of effort it took? I might find some PL/I or mainframe BAL work for him.

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