Peter wrote:
>> > - *none* of the good tests are made by recruiters, company bosses 
>> > looking
>> This is completely off topic, but may I ask how you came to that 
>> conclusion?
>
> Part of my career was a 12 year stint in the electronics at a certain 
> company.
> During most of that time I was the senior technician and had a veto right 
> on
> hiring, which was unfortunately over-ridden numerous times. I also taught
> briefly in a vocational school, directly what our major work object was.
>
[snip]

Thanks for sharing the story. However, as I've said earlier, your sweeping 
statement above ("*none* of the good tests..") holds no water. It may have 
been true with your boss, but it's definitely not true always.


> My '2 page essays' are due to the fact that I can type quite fast (English
> *and* code, as needed ...)

Sorry, this doesn't make sense either. :-)

I can type reasonably fast, but when I post long messages, it is because I'm 
too busy (or too lazy) to edit them. Good communication involves saying more 
with less.

In my experience, typing speed has very little to do with a programmer's 
productivity. I can type twice as fast as my partner, but he can easily 
outprogram me.

Vitaliy 

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