tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805851830963264865.post4642193139922623811..comments2013-04-10T12:20:19.993-04:00Comments on Ponderous Programmer: My Years of Experience - An Interview Gone Wrongvwdieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455679732966255684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805851830963264865.post-91539461865148202262008-03-26T08:49:00.000-04:002008-03-26T08:49:00.000-04:00MIKE! Great to hear from you man. I have a simila...MIKE! Great to hear from you man. I have a similar anecdote from a previous job. The guy talked a good talk and walked a good walk because it had been 'around the block' as it were but OMG what a waste of space. Eventually they had to revoke his permission to check code into CVS because every time he did he broke the build. His code was largely untested and was a mess that no one understood.vwdieselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455679732966255684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805851830963264865.post-17042604932239983612008-03-26T01:30:00.000-04:002008-03-26T01:30:00.000-04:00It's your departed buddy in Raleigh here. I can't...It's your departed buddy in Raleigh here. I can't agree with you more. Several jobs ago, we (read: everyone but me because I wasn't experienced enough) hired a guy we'll call Garrett (because, well, that was his name; I'm ferreting him out in hopes that I'm saving some hiring manager a lot of trouble). Garrett claimed to have "15 years of Web development experience," according to his resume. Sadly, this was in 2003, when the Web as we know it had been freely available for just 10 years. There's a red flag I could have raised had I been in the interview, but I was considered "too new" to participate.<BR/><BR/>In the end, Garrett was fired in about two months when it became clear that "15 years of Web development experience" wasn't quite enough to teach him how to correctly put together a Web form -- and I'm only talking about the client-side portion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com