"suddenly, a significant percentage of the people who had spoken well about impressive-sounding projects failed, in some cases spectacularly, when given relatively simple programming tasks."
Unsurprising. Turns out talk really is cheap and doesn't indicate one can do. I've even seen people able to maintain jobs over a period of years by talk alone without ever really doing much. Or even being able to do much.
Unsurprising. Turns out talk really is cheap and doesn't indicate one can do. I've even seen people able to maintain jobs over a period of years by talk alone without ever really doing much. Or even being able to do much.