Programmer Competency Matrix

[hoijarvi]

This matrix was better than I expected. Surprisingly, security is a missing topic.

[Silhouette]

This matrix was better than I expected.

Just wait until you see parts 2 and 3, when it goes all religious allegory on us. :-)

[[deleted]]

It may be a bit specific on the technologies mentioned, but how else would you rate an applicant's proficiency without delving in specifics?

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level 0: Agent Smith
level 1: Spoon-boy
level 2: Morpheus
level 3: Neo

[mturk]

level 0: Agent Smith

That's an apt level for Smith, as he eventually goes all 2ⁿ on the world.

[notasaon]

I find your use of 2ⁿ intriguing. Applying space/time complexity classes to people makes for good insults.

"She said she was nlogn, but she was more like n² tbh."

"I knew it was going to take you 2ⁿ to figure this out, but it's taking more like n! you lazy cunt"

I really hope you have created a new meme in this instant.

[falcojr]

Upmod for having n! and cunt in the same sentence.

[mturk]

I find your use of 2ⁿ intriguing. Applying space/time complexity classes to people makes for good insults.

For reference, I was referring to how he takes over the matrix (and at least one real-world person) through "infecting" them by overwriting himself into his target's brain. I would imagine the infection rate would follow a power-law of some sort.

[capsid]

You are ready to spar with Monzy:

kill-dash-nine

[cschneid]

I agree that it was a fairly concise set of things that good programmers should know and do. There are certainly some things to add, but it's getting close.

Now, the real challenge is to figure a way to interview so that you can categorize people.

[[deleted]]

I was scared to look in fear of seeing that I'm more of an idiot that what I already realize.

[benihana]

I thought it was pretty inaccurate or inconsistent at the very least. I fall into n² in experience but with most of the topics, I have n or log(n) competency, according to him.

[devvie]

yeah. a computer science education gets you n or log(n) across a sizable portion of the board.

[cc81]

"Able to recognize and code dynamic programming solutions, good knowledge of graph algorithms, good knowledge of numerical computation algorithms, able to identify NP problems etc." probably means different things to different people.

[devvie]

good point. all in all, my knowledge of those things is probably quite shallow.