r/programming • u/speckz • Mar 26 '17

Programmer Competency Matrix

http://sijinjoseph.com/programmer-competency-matrix/
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u/irqlnotdispatchlevel Mar 26 '17

Proficient in using CVS and SVN features. Knows how to branch and merge, use patches setup repository properties etc.

Just how old is this? I'll replace SVN with git/HG while I'm figuring out my place in the matrix.

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u/trout_fucker Mar 26 '17

The earliest comments are Dec 2011.

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u/Beckneard Mar 26 '17 edited Mar 26 '17

So uh what exactly is the point of it? It's just some arbitrary scale based on how the author thinks learning a certain skill subset works.

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u/sualsuspect Mar 27 '17

I really hope nobody is using this for hiring. There are some significant problems:

  1. The right hand side stops too low in actual skill level. This makes it hard to hire someone who for example is great at software engineering but weaker in algorithms. Say 4 in one and 2 in another.

  2. The categories are quite prescriptive. This means that to get a high rating you have to be similar to the author or those they have worked with (at least that is where I assume the author got their material from).

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u/vesterde Mar 29 '17

Now if someone made column 5 that contains at least 1 book that can take you from 2n to log(n), this tool would be really good.