Ask HN: "At which age did you start coding?” => Good data point for hiring?
Ask HN: "At which age did you start coding?” => Good data point for hiring?
2 by akhayam | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Was talking to someone I trust who told me this is a question that gives a solid data point on a candidate developer's hire-ability, with two qualifiers: 1/ Asked from young-ish developers, so the expected answer is always less than 18. 2/ Asked in addition to coding/system-design questions. Has anyone seen a study or even an anecdote on correlation between success of a developer if they started coding earlier (say 11yr), rather than later (say 15yr or 16yr) in their youth?
2 by akhayam | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Was talking to someone I trust who told me this is a question that gives a solid data point on a candidate developer's hire-ability, with two qualifiers: 1/ Asked from young-ish developers, so the expected answer is always less than 18. 2/ Asked in addition to coding/system-design questions. Has anyone seen a study or even an anecdote on correlation between success of a developer if they started coding earlier (say 11yr), rather than later (say 15yr or 16yr) in their youth?
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