I don't read docs and don't know how to use Google. What does the print function do?

[Steven D'Aprano]

Chris Angelico wrote:

> There are blog posts out there about how large proportions of
> applicants can't even write simple code on command... and I've taken
> the questions and shown them to my siblings (who protest that they're
> definitely not programmers), proving that a basic smattering of
> mathematical nous puts you above people who are trying to earn money
> from coding.
> 
> It's like a carpenter, looking for a skilled assistant, and getting
> people who don't know which end of a saw to hold.

http://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/

Not everyone agrees that this is a thing:

http://www.skorks.com/2010/10/99-out-of-100-programmers-cant-program-i-call-bullshit/

I'm inclined to accept that maybe 99 out of 100 *applications* for
programming jobs are from people who can't program, but I don't think that
99 out of 100 *programmers* can't program. It's probably more like 65,
maybe 70 out of 100, tops.

Ha ha only serious.

More here:

http://www.protocolostomy.com/2010/03/15/programmers-that-cant-program/




-- 
Steven