Subj : Re: Aptitude tests "not test well" (was: Software Job Market Myths)
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Duane Bozarth
Date : Sat Aug 20 2005 10:00 am

Richard Heathfield wrote:
> 
> Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t wrote:
> 
> >> From: Richard Heathfield <inva...@address.co.uk.invalid>
> >> we are talking about an aptitude test that is done in the comfort of
> >> one's own home, in one's own handwriting, ...
> >
> > Such a test is illegal in the USA because of the ADA (Americans with
> > Disabilities Act) which prohibits discriminating against people on the
> > basis of their disabilities which are unrelated to job performance. I
> > am one of those people with such a disability, poor muscle control
> > making it impossible for me to have legible handwriting.
> 
> How is legible handwriting unrelated to job performance? Sorry, but I don't
> see that at all. I have never worked a contract yet where I didn't have to
> write stuff down occasionally.
> 
> Still, I'm beginning to see why you have such difficulty finding work. It's
> almost as if you have a dedicated button on your keyboard, labelled
> "impossible".
> 

Yeah, I was just thinking the same...now we have yet another new,
previously unmentioned malady... :(

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