I recommend stepping back from code and focusing on abstract organization and modeling.
I find it astonishing how many developers absolutely cannot think through a tree model. I deal with tree models absolutely every day in programming, management, and personal concerns. For example: the DOM, file system, company/employee organization, outlines, security models, business/customer needs, and so forth. All these things are tree graphs and I encounter many of these EVERYDAY.
Many developers simply cannot explain walking from one point on the tree to another point. I am not even talking about code. Even in casual conversation I am astonished at how many times I have encountered people like lawyers, QA, bosses, and others who can engage this sort of logic while some of my developer peers are just lost on the subject.
That is absolutely something I tested candidates for as a filter and will continue to do so. If a person even talking through such a real world common form of abstract logic how can I expect them to write code? It’s like they expect some magic wand to simply provide the logic for them and just sprinkle on a little bit of syntax.
I find it astonishing how many developers absolutely cannot think through a tree model. I deal with tree models absolutely every day in programming, management, and personal concerns. For example: the DOM, file system, company/employee organization, outlines, security models, business/customer needs, and so forth. All these things are tree graphs and I encounter many of these EVERYDAY.
Many developers simply cannot explain walking from one point on the tree to another point. I am not even talking about code. Even in casual conversation I am astonished at how many times I have encountered people like lawyers, QA, bosses, and others who can engage this sort of logic while some of my developer peers are just lost on the subject.
That is absolutely something I tested candidates for as a filter and will continue to do so. If a person even talking through such a real world common form of abstract logic how can I expect them to write code? It’s like they expect some magic wand to simply provide the logic for them and just sprinkle on a little bit of syntax.