[Baypiggies] Python Standardized Skill Scoring Chart

[J. R. Carroll]

I don't know of any python scales per-se, but I have done what is known as
psychometric work (as a psychometrician) for nearly a decade (which
includes conducting job/task analyses, construction of a requirements
blueprint (test blue print), and then systematically outlining these
requirements into testable/observable/quantitative 'bullet points' that
others can then use for hiring decisions or ...

Where am I going with this is that we have TONS of experience on this
listserv (and I'm currently living in Boston and the Boston python group is
huge as well) - I'd advocate about taking a more formal process in this
development by leveraging all of our skills and designing something as a
group/python-cult.  If there is interests in putting together a list of
KSAO's (knowledge skills abilities, and 'other') Im wondering if the PSF
would be interested in somehow using it as well - seeing as there are a
number of python forums that support job networking...

If there is sufficient interest, I'd love to help/volunteer.  Then again,
it might be overkill for what you (and others) are thinking about... but,
fun to consider nonetheless!

-J


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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Ryan Matthew Balfanz <rbalfanz at gmail.com>wrote:

> The only ordered skill chart that comes to mind is:
> http://www.unicyclist.org/cont/levels.cfm :)
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>
>> Any time I find myself making something up, I think "Who else has done
>> this?"  Does anyone else know of a standardized skill chart for Python. It
>> can be useful to explain someone's skill set.
>>
>> For example, I just interviewed someone that would fall in about a 7
>> below. But, what one person judges as a 7 is not what someone else judges
>> as a 7.  For what it's wroth, I personally am rating myself between an 8
>> and a 9 on this scale...  (yep on writing decorators; yep on concept; nope
>> on really writing meta classes; yep on 'dis' library but nope on many of
>> the internals).
>>
>> And, frankly, that's probably a tad high (for me at least)... So, what's
>> a better rating scale?  Has anyone seen such a thing?
>>
>> 1 - Knows how to install and write "Hello World"
>> 2 - Understands basic data structures: list, dict, tuple, set, etc.
>> 3
>> 4
>> 5 - Understands list comprehensions and why they're useful; Understands
>> generators and how to write one
>> 6 -
>> 7 - Knows basic decorator usages; Why it's useful (DRY); and has at least
>> concept of how to write one
>> 8 - Knows how to write decorators; Knows what Meta Classes are and how to
>> write one
>> 9 - Knows internals of Python such as "dis" library
>> 10 - Guido; Core contributor
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Glen
>> --
>>
>> "Pursue, keep up with, circle round and round your life as a dog does his
>> master's chase. Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it,
>> unearth it, and gnaw it still."
>>
>> --Henry David Thoreau
>>
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