From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fb96dafa3cd06656 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-06 07:55:05 PST Path: swrinde!pipex!warwick!not-for-mail From: csusb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Jules) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Availability of Ada Programmers Date: 6 Feb 1995 15:53:33 -0000 Organization: University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Message-ID: <3h5glt$j2v@homewheat.csv.warwick.ac.uk> References: <3h3hgg$8il@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: homewheat.csv.warwick.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 1995-02-06T15:53:33+00:00 List-Id: In article <3h3hgg$8il@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>, dobrien@seas.gwu.edu (David O'Brien) writes: > >I really wish management would realize they need to 1. hire software >engineers, and not code-slingers, and 2. should then train that >competent college grad in what ever language is to be used. Remember >only 20% of what is on a resume should be believed. The number of >applicants I have interviewed that claim to *KNOW* C (their emphasis) >disgusts me. When I ask them if C is pass by reference or pass by >value, 70% of the time I get "pass-by-reference". When I ask them to >elaborate, they say because you pass pointers. This is how well they >know this language the *claim* to know. Yes, we often pass pointers in >C, but that pointer value is Pass-by-value. If only they really >understood the language. I would argue that this is not a problem of mis-understanding the language, but of mis-understanding the terminology/jargon associated with it. In your example, the applicants knew what you had to do in the language - they understood it from a practical point of view - but didn't understand the terms you used when you asked the question. -- /* Julian R Hall csusb@csv.warwick.ac.uk Flames should be redirected to /dev/null - I don't know what I'm saying myself so don't expect it to make sense all the time! */