Turn On -> Nyan Cat. LMAO! Edit: I should have included the URL for context: http://nukaco.la/maniac.html
I personally like how nyan cat becomes vampire cat when you turn off the light...
My GF learned to code in 3 months. This is what she came up with.
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Re: My GF learned to code in 3 months. This is what she came up with.
#52I really like the skills section http://nukaco.la/skills.html I wish this was standard practice for resumes, even though it's subjective assessment it's really easy to compare relative strengths and weaknesses, for example it's very easy to see "dabbled in haskell, very proficient in garage band" just by glancing
I disagree, because of the subjectivity. For some things, it's fine, but for others, I don't think it's an accurate reflection. For example, what actually quantifies 1/5 of Ruby? And does a 5/5 rating mean you know absolutely everything about it? Is 1/5 of Ruby the same as 1/5 of Python, or soldering, or speaking Icelandic? There's also no improvement from 5/5, but even a master of their craft will know there is alwa…
From an interviewer's perspective though these kinds of ratings are still useful. They just need to be calibrated.
If I were hiring this person it would take less then 10 questions about one language to figure out where her competency is according to my scale and now (assuming she didn't fudge too much) about her competencies with others (some of which I may not know).
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#53Great work. Also, nice site name. :)
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#54I think your gf is your hand. However, very nice work.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
I didn't sense any Dunning Kruger in her self assessment. Indicators for that state of mind are actually fairly easy to spot, e.g. when you see someone quoting it without any further justification.
Not her's, but the parent comment.
Re: My GF learned to code in 3 months. This is what she came up with.
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Becoming "fluent" in a programming language is vastly different from becoming "fluent" in a natural language. I hate when people make that comparison. How often does one ask for the etymology of the "if" statement and to what extent is such an understanding required for programming language mastery?
Actually, I think knowing the history and theory behind a language (as appropriate) is very helpful. Particularly, if you're using a language like Haskell or Ocaml, it helps to have at least a vague idea of what a functor actually is and where the idea comes from. (I actually only realized that functors were actually similar ideas in both languages a couple days back.) On the other hand, if you're using a language li…
> Particularly, if you're using a language like Haskell or Ocaml, it helps to have at least a vague idea of what a functor actually is and where the idea comes from. (I actually only realized that functors were actually similar ideas in both languages a couple days back.)
I could not agree more! Understanding the significance of particular keywords is quite important when failing to do so will affect your ability to successfully use the language. I distinguish that from my argument, which I premised on such knowledge not affecting one's ability to successfully use the language.
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I like it, but in 3 months she got 2/5 in rails, 2/5 in javascript and 2/5 in git? I doubt thats even possible... I've been working with each of those for ~6 years and I'd still only put myself at a 4 and if I was being generous. It's funny the longer you work with something the more you realize how little you understand it. I probably would have put myself at a 2/5 in those categories 5 years ago, but looking back,…
I had an interview that asked me to rate various skills on a 1-5 scale. I think I gave myself a 1 in t-SQL and a 2 in C# even though I had been programming professionally in C# since the .NET beta SDK. I was worried they would pull out some crazy trivia questions and and try to trip me up if I rated myself too high. After I rated myself so low they almost didn't want to continue the interview. I think most places are…
I do a lot of interviewing and I almost always ask people to rate themselves on a scale of 1-10 in their primary language with a note that I recognize I don't expect our scales to match.
After they answer I ask what they learned last to raise their knowledge along their scale, what they're learning now to try to grow further (if anything, sometimes you're just executing not learning,) and if the candidate is applying for Senior Software Engineer or higher what "gotchas" they typically look for in a junior coworker/employee that would be rated lower on their scale (during a code review, for example.)
I usually get really thoughtful answers and gather a lot of insight about the candidates mastery of the language, mentoring and overall thought process.
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#59I really like the skills section http://nukaco.la/skills.html I wish this was standard practice for resumes, even though it's subjective assessment it's really easy to compare relative strengths and weaknesses, for example it's very easy to see "dabbled in haskell, very proficient in garage band" just by glancing
I like it, but in 3 months she got 2/5 in rails, 2/5 in javascript and 2/5 in git? I doubt thats even possible... I've been working with each of those for ~6 years and I'd still only put myself at a 4 and if I was being generous. It's funny the longer you work with something the more you realize how little you understand it. I probably would have put myself at a 2/5 in those categories 5 years ago, but looking back,…
As if rating one's skills in a particular subject with a 1-5 rating under no context bears much meaning... it's so arbitrary as to be insignificant (but it could be a cool concept if not abused). It also depends on one's motivation for representing their skill level; for example, jobseekers probably overestimate their skill levels.
It would be great to have a standardized rating system based on a few different tiers wrt a language/framework/etc.:
1 - Wrote some really basic code in the language
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5 - Wrote some really, really advanced code in the languageRe: My GF learned to code in 3 months. This is what she came up with.
#60Can you tell us how she/you went about learning to code?