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[nycphp-talk] OT: webmaster test

André Pitanga andre at pitanga.org
Mon Apr 14 10:49:30 EDT 2008


>
> I'd only keep the last two questions

Right on, Jake.
For me the truly relevant questions are 7 to 10. I was hoping 1-5 might 
just give the hand-coders a leg up. Number 6 is mostly a gag :)

> Also, an inability to answer any one of the
> CSS questions wouldn't necessarily be an indication of lack of talent,
> I think it took me quite a few months to stop checking my CSS cheat
> sheet before I memorized Top Right Bottom Left!

So true! Me too!
It's almost like unconsciously I want to test candidates on what I 
happen to already know. Not a real measure of talent or even real knowledge.

> This worksheet looks like it
> might be appropriate for 1. Straight out of college or 2. Hobbyist web
> developer (no CS degree). 

I'm not sure why we're asking for two years experience... I know we're 
not requiring CS degree.
I believe a recent college grad could swing it.  In fact, who cares that 
they even have a college degree?

> Any webmaster/developer with two REAL (full time tech company) years
> of experience would be able to have a much more in depth conversation
> about web design philosophy, best practices and commonly accepted
> methods of accomplishing a given task. 
True. I hope we can find someone who's actually interested in this stuff.
I myself could spend hours arguing about doctypes, semantics shibboleths 
or whatever. But then again, I'm committed to excellence ;)



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