[tlug] CW: Josh, put down your coffee [was: Ghosted?]

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <steve@example.com>]

Edward Middleton writes:

 > The other approach would be to just bring them in for an in person
 > interview.  For a developer position, another approach is to have
 > them do some basic demonstration work and ask them about aspects of
 > the design choices they made.

You're kinda assuming the interviewer is competent to evaluate the
work.  This often is not the case for people who are competent to be
managers.  Developers and managers are as different as cats and dogs,
although occasionally you'll run into a "cog" (or more likely in this
business, a "DAG").

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