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Post #145,144
by ChrisR
3/9/04 9:36:23 PM
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New 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
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New 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.
     I'm about to interview a Net God - (broomberg) - (71) - March 9, 2004, 03:53:46 PM EST
         No questions. - (Yendor) - (22) - March 9, 2004, 04:04:04 PM EST
             I wish - (broomberg) - (21) - March 9, 2004, 04:12:52 PM EST
                 Uh, what's so great? - (deSitter) - (20) - March 9, 2004, 04:17:59 PM EST
                     We'll find out - (broomberg) - (10) - March 9, 2004, 04:21:53 PM EST
                         Most of the stuff there is searchable content - (folkert) - (9) - March 9, 2004, 04:28:26 PM EST
                             I know (link added) - (broomberg) - March 9, 2004, 04:33:51 PM EST
                             Idiot - (deSitter) - (7) - March 9, 2004, 04:40:48 PM EST
                                 TAKE THE PILLS. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 04:42:56 PM EST
                                     Re: TAKE THE PILLS. - (deSitter) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 04:46:41 PM EST
                                         Re: TAKE THE PILLS. - (pwhysall) - March 9, 2004, 04:49:32 PM EST
                                 Ross... take some time off... - (admin) - March 9, 2004, 04:44:23 PM EST
                                 Also, you've never seen a DIGITAL support contract. - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 04:45:23 PM EST
                                     WTF do you know what I've seen? -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 04:47:42 PM EST
                                         Not a DIGITAL support contract, that's fer shure. -NT - (pwhysall) - March 9, 2004, 04:52:24 PM EST
                     Umm... Okay. - (folkert) - (8) - March 9, 2004, 04:26:54 PM EST
                         Not just on it - (broomberg) - (3) - March 9, 2004, 04:28:47 PM EST
                             Just nod... and ask: - (folkert) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 04:30:47 PM EST
                                 Why don't you just go outside and jack off? - (deSitter) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 04:39:07 PM EST
                                     Ross, Goodbye. - (folkert) - March 9, 2004, 06:01:04 PM EST
                         Re: Umm... Okay. - (deSitter) - (3) - March 9, 2004, 04:38:29 PM EST
                             Time to STFU and take the lithium, Ross. -NT - (pwhysall) - March 9, 2004, 04:40:39 PM EST
                             WOW, I never thought the day I'd say this - (folkert) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 06:02:56 PM EST
                                 Pshaw. -NT - (Ashton) - March 9, 2004, 11:34:34 PM EST
         Short question - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 04:31:48 PM EST
             :-) -NT - (admin) - March 9, 2004, 04:48:15 PM EST
         Sure... - (ben_tilly) - March 9, 2004, 04:32:23 PM EST
         I would ask how the hell the following phrase got - (Arkadiy) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 04:55:02 PM EST
             Re: I would ask how the hell the following phrase got - (deSitter) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 05:00:37 PM EST
                 Arse... - (folkert) - March 9, 2004, 06:04:45 PM EST
         Done - (broomberg) - (27) - March 9, 2004, 05:56:09 PM EST
             Out of curiosity, what skills lacking - (ChrisR) - (6) - March 9, 2004, 06:26:22 PM EST
                 Perl and SQL - (broomberg) - (5) - March 9, 2004, 07:05:13 PM EST
                     All this for THAT?? - (deSitter) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 07:14:47 PM EST
                         What did you SAY?! - (folkert) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 07:40:45 PM EST
                             Quit feeding him, Greg. -NT - (admin) - March 9, 2004, 07:41:16 PM EST
                     That'd do it - (ChrisR) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 09:36:23 PM EST
                         The sample program was "interesting" - (broomberg) - March 9, 2004, 10:08:11 PM EST
             What, he lacks 7 years of C# expertise?!? (me.duckForCover) -NT - (bbronson) - March 9, 2004, 06:27:03 PM EST
             late model linux n clustering? -NT - (boxley) - (6) - March 9, 2004, 06:59:12 PM EST
                 WTF is that supposed to imply? - (deSitter) - (5) - March 9, 2004, 07:03:37 PM EST
                     You are so clueless now... - (folkert) - (4) - March 9, 2004, 07:43:34 PM EST
                         No wonder he won't return - fookerism -NT - (deSitter) - (3) - March 9, 2004, 07:45:34 PM EST
                             Danny-boy - (folkert) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 07:57:24 PM EST
                                 ENOUGH ALREADY. - (admin) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 08:04:32 PM EST
                                     Wouldna mattered anyway. He would just kept going. -NT - (folkert) - March 9, 2004, 08:09:10 PM EST
             Ooh! He knew UNIX! - (deSitter) - (11) - March 9, 2004, 07:01:54 PM EST
                 Give it a rest. -NT - (admin) - March 9, 2004, 07:37:57 PM EST
                 Yeah, another brilliant frothing, I am sure. - (folkert) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 07:41:38 PM EST
                     Greg, you know better... -NT - (Another Scott) - March 9, 2004, 08:08:54 PM EST
                     Greg, YOU give it a rest (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - March 9, 2004, 08:20:36 PM EST
                 well actually I wish the developers around here knew unix - (boxley) - (6) - March 9, 2004, 10:18:22 PM EST
                     Well I know it - (deSitter) - (5) - March 9, 2004, 11:01:39 PM EST
                         Have you checked WUSTL recently? - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 9, 2004, 11:16:24 PM EST
                             Already applied - (deSitter) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 11:33:34 PM EST
                                 Good! Keep at it. Luck! -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 11:37:21 PM EST
                                     would be a dream job - (deSitter) - March 10, 2004, 12:16:11 AM EST
                         they wont even let me work remote except for off hours - (boxley) - March 10, 2004, 08:48:34 AM EST
         Another day, another Vulture Capitalism script - (Ashton) - (9) - March 10, 2004, 12:52:45 AM EST
             Try again. - (FuManChu) - (5) - March 10, 2004, 01:22:19 AM EST
                 Melville understood - (deSitter) - (4) - March 10, 2004, 01:31:56 AM EST
                     Bzuh? - (FuManChu) - (2) - March 10, 2004, 12:39:45 PM EST
                         nope, we're idealists in the strict sense :) -NT - (deSitter) - March 10, 2004, 12:43:16 PM EST
                         Cosmic significance? Why not.. - (Ashton) - March 10, 2004, 05:41:19 PM EST
                     Koyaanisqaatsi, literally "life out-of-balance"Indians Smart -NT - (Ashton) - March 10, 2004, 05:48:31 PM EST
             I assume you've seen http://theyrule.net -NT - (drewk) - March 10, 2004, 01:40:09 AM EST
             That's the main point. - (Nightowl) - (1) - March 10, 2004, 01:34:51 PM EST
                 Re: That's the main point. - (deSitter) - March 10, 2004, 01:39:31 PM EST
         How many more jobs do you think you can handle at once? - (tuberculosis) - (2) - March 11, 2004, 11:44:39 AM EST
             Re: How many more jobs do you think you can handle at once? - (deSitter) - (1) - March 11, 2004, 11:47:54 AM EST
                 Busy I guess - (tuberculosis) - March 11, 2004, 01:17:25 PM EST
         Some very old computer experience.... - (gdaustin) - March 11, 2004, 11:00:43 PM EST

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