Tony Plank

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Recent posts by Tony Plank

In what I've seen, most shops aren't spending much money training their employees. They want to hire people who have the knowledge already and then suck them dry like the leeches they are. The flip side is that they don't want to invest significantly in employees because they are scared that the investment will walk out the door to a new job. (DOH! Pay them better!)
There are a handful of companies that have a long term retention philosophy, but I think they are rare.
22 years ago
Valentin,
I think we are not so far apart in opinions. However, I would say that I never worry too much about lying in an interview because I simply don't even waste my time trying to make sure they know the details of a particular technology. If somebody can explain to me the principals of optomizing SQL queries, for example, I just don't worry about whether they are familar with DECODE and CONVERT. If they can tell me WHY n-tier is important, I can pretty much count on them being able to sling the code. BTW, that "why" question founders most everybody and is a good one to use.
The key is listen to the reasoning. See if they have a brain.
[This message has been edited by Tony Plank (edited December 06, 2001).]
22 years ago
So you are all proving my point to me. You are not interested in determining through the interview process whether someone is dedicated to learning or not. If you can not ascertain that from an interview, then I think you should probably polish THOSE skills.
It is not impossible to develop an examination that tests reasoning ability and competency. However, an exam which does test the higher skills, i.e. those skills which set apart people whom I want to work for me, would not be a multiple choice exam.
Come on. Tell me you don�t honestly believe your earlier posts.
22 years ago
Standardized tests exist so that lazy, ignorant, stupid managers can look not so lazy, stupid and ignorant in a powerpoint presentation.
[This message has been edited by Tony Plank (edited December 05, 2001).]
22 years ago