[CLUE-Talk] test message [please ignore]

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Jeffery Cann (fabian at jefferycann.com) wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 June 2002 10:17 pm, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> 
> > OK, how 'bout let's talk about those web-based tech skills evaluation
> > tests. I've done 2 in 2 days, for the same job. PL/SQL and ANSI SQL. Now
> > why would anybody think that the ability to recall the meaning of the
> > fourth (rarely used) parameter to some string handler function means
> > anything at all WRT to one's ability to write good software?
> 
> I thought Albert Einstein had it right -- he didn't know his phone number, 
> but he knew how to look it up.

Exactly!  All tests should involve full access to the tools you would
use when really doing the job/task.  Otherwise, they are inescapably
synthetic.  Just like synthetic computer benchmarks: how do you know you
are really measuring anything useful?

Tim
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