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[Damion Hankejh (ingk)]

Fizzbuzz is an excellent test.  I would not hire a "programmer" if s/he
failed to solve Fizzbuzz in under 5 minutes in your target language(s).  I
would also allow for some minor syntax errors if the solution otherwise
worked.

Regarding CSS, the inheritance question will prove far more indicative of a
programmer's skill than the order of border attributes.  It requires a
greater depth of CSS understanding, while Google (and perhaps del.icio.us)
has become the ultimate digital cheat sheet for syntax and I do not think
developers should be slighted for leveraging them.  I also like the inline
vs. stylesheet question as it demonstrates an important grasp of style
overriding. 

Damion


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
Behalf Of Jake McGraw
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:10 AM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] OT: webmaster test

This was the first time I'd seen the fizz buzz problem, I like it
because it can really show what level a programmer is at in only a
couple of lines of code, considering there are so many solutions.

- jake

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:59 AM, André Pitanga <andre at pitanga.org> wrote:
>
> > I think that the border question is a little specific.  I never memorize
> order of parameters,  I learn the concepts behind it.  Knowing which
> position comes first in a border-width command doesn't really demonstrate
> your knowledge of css.
> >
>
>  True indeed.  There's more value in conceptual knowledge than in rote
> memorization of syntax.
>  Your inheritance question is indeed better. I'll add it to the next
draft.
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> > For your programming question, I think someone without programming
> experience could get that :)
> >
>
>  Great. I don't think that would be a problem. I think that would be a
> pretty smart person.
>  I knew about fizz-buzz but thought it was too difficult...
>
>
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