Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : Chris Sonnack Date : Mon Aug 15 2005 11:32 am Richard Heathfield writes: >> Forty (mumble) years ago I arrived for a job interview at one >> firm. I was mistaken for somebody else (I was somewhat thinner and >> less gray than now) and the personnel director first put me in a >> room with what amounted to an IQ test. I considered it great sport >> and dumped the result on her in under the requisite time. > > Asimov's Law of IQ Tests states that, if you finish in half the > allocated time, you can double your score. :-) In fact, I was hired by my company 25 years ago, *because* I finished their aptitude/skills test with an "ace" score in half the usual time. They didn't have an opening at the time, but they created one, so I wouldn't walk out the door. -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| .