25 Apr
2016
25 Apr
'16
3:08 p.m.
On 4/25/2016 3:46 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote:
Although there are plenty who disagree with me, I
argue that the
purpose of the university experience isn't the skills; it's the understanding.
I always say I want to hire the preson who I can tell on Friday that
we'll be using Intercal for the project and they'll spend the weekend
teaching themselves the language and come in Monday morning
ready to code in Intercal. I (as well as entrepreneurs I know) have
very little interest in how much experience and skill a candidate
has in a particular language. The reality is no matter what their
experience is coming in, I'm going to have to teach them how to
do things the way I want them done.
I am still working on the ERROR messages here like:
E111
COMMUNIST PLOT DETECTED, COMPILER IS SUICIDING
I better stick to INTERCAL-72.
Ben.