From: Tyler Zesiger <mailing-lists@...>
Date: 2004-06-10T01:42:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Unit tests ... not just for the young

When interviewing, I would probe for deeper ambitions. Someone who is, 
or will be, a master artist will have ambitions beyond just doing their 
own art all day. And if they don't, I'd try to see if the could be 
coaxed into broadening their horizons.

For example, a master artist is the kind of guy I'd want involved in 
arranging a movie set, or teaching, or *something* besides just churning 
out art all day.

Same goes for the programmer. I'd want to hire a programmer that wants 
to do more than just programming, even if his daily duties will still 
involve a lot of that. The best programmers have more than one area of 
expertise. Programming is just a tool to get something done. The guy who 
has a good understanding of biology, or accounting, or whatever, will be 
better at programming solutions to problems in those areas.



Sean O'Dell wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 June 2004 07:33, Tom Copeland wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 10:21, Jim Freeze wrote:
>>
>>>To be a good programmer, you really have to love what you do.
>>>How could someone aspire to move away from something they
>>>really love?
>>
>>So true.  I want to be a better programmer, to someday fix a bug in the
>>Linux kernel, to write a good first person shooter.  I don't want to
>>"stop/transcend/move on from" programming.  And I don't think that's a
>>bad thing....
> 
> 
> Ditto.  When hiring an artist, should one be wary of people who want to be an 
> artist forever?  When hiring a gardener, should one be wary of people who 
> want to garden forever?  I don't see the logic in refusing to hire a person 
> because they love their work and want to keep doing it the rest of their 
> life.
> 
> 	Sean O'Dell
> 
> 
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