How to Recognize a Good Programmer

KDan writes to share an article he has written about what some of the key factors in recognizing a good programmer. "It's not as easy as it sounds. CV experience is only of limited use here, because great programmers don't always have the 'official' experience to demonstrate that they're great. In fact, a lot of that CV experience can be misleading. Yet there are a number of subtle cues that you can get, even from the CV, to figure out whether someone's a great programmer."

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Re:it's easier than you think:

[abigor]

You sound like you're in high school, kid. How come your site "nickstallman.net" redirects to a site dedicated to cheating at some game called Runescape? Your code might be "truely" amazing to your fellow 15 year old gamers, but let's get real here.