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To: Lazamataz

you don’t need code (syntax) examples or obscure C# functions- you need to know probem solving ability

I went to an interview and they asked me to write a utility (in pseudo code) for reversing a set of strings- they said I had the worst syntax errors (I desperately need the Visual Studio environment to be in for correct syntax) but I was also the only one who got it right, on the first try, in the shortest time they had ever seen (by half)

If you can solve the problem, THEN it does not matter (as much) how good or bad your software writing skills are, you’ve solved the problem.

I have met syntax gurus who can’t program for nothing... We had one guy who spent a week trying to use fancy XML functions to insert elements and attributes into an XML string- I showed him how to write it in a string.Format() in 5 minutes


55 posted on 06/23/2013 7:35:26 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: Mr. K

Congrats! I remember having a tech test where they put me on a computer with a blank project and a full VS IDE with SQL and gave me one hour to complete a web solution. Not only did I complete the project, I put in rudimentary hacker-proofing, full db-based error tracking and reporting, and prepped it for SSRS, using Linq-2-SQL (They had not installed true SQL Business Intelligence tools or I would have whipped up the simplest kind of report). They said it was the very best job they had ever seen for over 50 candidates they had tested. They offered me the job on-the-spot.


58 posted on 06/23/2013 7:40:11 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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