Java and Python

[Peter Hansen]

Ahmed Moustafa wrote:
> 
> Peter Hansen wrote:
> >
> > Communication skills are, first and foremost, the thing I
> > look for in hiring.  [...] Next are adaptability [...]
> > Design skills are useful.  Debugging skills are very valuable [...]
> 
> Peter, what do you think about qualifying problem sets like what
> arsDigita had? <http://www.arsdigita.com/boot-camp/psets/>

I think that's an interesting sounding name for something.
What is it?  I'll assume (without taking the time to try
to figure it out... care to tell me?) that those are basically
little exams which they use to judge candidates.  If so,
you already know my answer: as I said, specific knowledge 
of language syntax is secondary, since I'm more concerned
about finding people with the skills I mentioned.  

If arsDigita (you'd think a company would know enough not
to put the word "arse" in their name...) has tests which
evaluate communication skills, flexibility and ability
to learn new things, and design and debugging skills,
then I think their qualifying problem sets are a very 
good idea...

-Peter