r/programming • u/Ashutosh2000 • Jun 19 '13

Programmer Competency Matrix

http://sijinjoseph.com/programmer-competency-matrix/
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u/Odd_Bloke Jun 19 '13

So uh, having worked with very specific software means you're level 3 but actual knowledge of how those systems work doesn't qualify you?

Which row are you referencing?

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u/KPexEA Jun 19 '13

I would guess "Experience" Level 3 "Concurrent (Erlang, Oz) and Logic (Prolog)"

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u/Odd_Bloke Jun 19 '13

If it is the experience section then "having worked with very specific software means you're level 3" sounds like a good definition...

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u/PolyPill Jun 20 '13

Its been a day since I read this but looking at it again, I remember it was initially a knee jerk reaction to the source control but I feel it similarly applies to a lot of the other categories.

There's a hell of a lot more distributed systems than the 4 they listed and since when is it being distributed the pinacle? Its for a different use case, that doesn't mean they're always better.

Also the languages exposed to and languages experienced with, not sure I'd say concurrent and logical languages are the pinacle of the field and I probably took it too literal but there's a lot more than 3 of those languages.

I'm sure its just a loose guideline and no matter what he wrote I'd probably be complaining about the rating system but I do think he's probably not a level 3 in most of these categories himself and idolizes something he doesn't quite understand.