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Test for good developers

Oct 30th, 2008
by Andrew Sacamano.
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I’ve definitely made some interviewing mistakes in my day.  Once mistake which I hope too avoid in the future is hiring people who don’t think architecturally, as so eloquently described by Simon Brown over at Coding the Architecture.
I’ve recommended a couple of people who seemed quite competent when talking about their technical skills during the [...]

The Virtues of Proofreading

Jul 23rd, 2007
by Andrew Sacamano.
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I was a generally good student, but I always had problems spelling. While I did eventually learn to spell (mostly), my hard work didn’t always pay off because I was sloppy while proofreading. I’m very grateful to the teachers who never let me get away with it – they had a herculean task. [...]