I’ve been at two start ups and they had me interview people. Honestly this is what I looked for. I’d ask basic questions to prove you had an idea about coding, but I can teach someone to code, I can’t teach someone to be someone I like working with.
You can teach them to code if there is an underlying level of logic to build off. I’ve met a few people in life who I know for a fact will never code, no matter how smart they generally are.
This is absolutely essential and the reason my daughter started learning to code last year at 8. My dad got me into QBasic around the same age (we used X as an iterator back then btw) and ever since I’ve felt confident that I can work in any language given some time to familiarize myself with the syntax.
Functional languages notwithstanding. My instincts don’t apply to them. I get them, but my mind doesn’t flow with them the same way. Sometimes I wonder if there’s a way to expose my daughter to the concepts, but the applications tend to be heavy data processing and not fun games for kids.
I’ve been at two start ups and they had me interview people. Honestly this is what I looked for. I’d ask basic questions to prove you had an idea about coding, but I can teach someone to code, I can’t teach someone to be someone I like working with.
You can teach them to code if there is an underlying level of logic to build off. I’ve met a few people in life who I know for a fact will never code, no matter how smart they generally are.
This is absolutely essential and the reason my daughter started learning to code last year at 8. My dad got me into QBasic around the same age (we used X as an iterator back then btw) and ever since I’ve felt confident that I can work in any language given some time to familiarize myself with the syntax.
Functional languages notwithstanding. My instincts don’t apply to them. I get them, but my mind doesn’t flow with them the same way. Sometimes I wonder if there’s a way to expose my daughter to the concepts, but the applications tend to be heavy data processing and not fun games for kids.
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