In our environment, there are loads of 3rd party components. Setting up the development environment is a lengthy process, and it can be difficult for a new developer. Do you think: 1 - We should make a preconfigured VM with all the setup already done, and give it to a new dev? or 2 - Make them do it from scratch? or 3 - Some other...
One of my colleagues recently interviewed some candidates for a job and one said they had very good Perl experience. Since my colleague didn't know Perl, he asked me for a critique of some code written (off-site) by that potential hire, so I had a look and told him my concerns (the main one was that it originally had no comments and it'...
We recently had a new-hire who everyone loved in the interview, but when their first day came around......well, let's just say not everyone was as high on their skills as before. The first issue came up at lunch, when he couldn't figure out how to get a very simple microwave to work. He was just randomly pressing buttons, finally got it...