From: Michael Campbell <michael.campbell@...>
Date: 2004-06-10T01:43:58+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Unit tests ... not just for the young

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:42:46 +0900, Tyler Zesiger
<mailing-lists@zesiger.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.


Precisely.