I'm a contractor that is often looking for subcontractors, but I feel like there is way too much trial and error in the process. How do you screen talent, and what are effective ways for discerning between those that talk the talk and walk the walk? Talent is hard to determine from just code samples and an interview - what innovative wa...
There have been many discussions, in StackOverflow and outside, of how you can judge a good programmer in an interview. Make him write code, check for common mistakes, observe his coding style, so on and so forth. All good. But what is less discussed, and probably considered even less important, is how do you evaluate and judge a progra...
When putting together a startup for Software Engineering web based applications/systems, what would you consider to be a good mix of talent, when trying to find partners? This mix would involve defining the product and market, defining, implementing and validating requirements, and making the product polished and production ready. And...
I'm new to programming (just started!) and have hit a wall recently. I am making a fansite for World of Warcraft, and I want to link to a popular site (wowhead.com). The following page shows what I'm trying to figure out: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#ozxZ0xfcRMhuVurhstVhc0c From what I understand, the "ozxZ0xfcRMhuVurhstVhc0c" part of...