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strainer · 02-19-2003, 08:49 AM

I spent 20 years leading teams of programmers in International consulting projects - banking, trading, accounting, etc.

No offence, but the adult industry is plagued by crap programming. Most of the stuff being written is not really suitable for production and I would have thrown away if confronted with it.

If you want a professional programmer, start with somebody that knows the basics. That means they graduated with at least a BS/BA in computer science. If you haven?t studied classical computing problems, you are pretty much destined to do stupid stuff.

Don?t hire anybody under 30. ?Whiz kids? never worked for me ? they make incredibly stupid mistakes in logic because they didn?t take the time to learn classical algorithms. I usually start programmers off with 40-year-old classic books like ?Sorting and Searching? which are essential to a foundation in computer programming. Being smart is helpful in being a programmer, but there are much more important perquisites such as logic and consistency.

Go to dice.com, monster.com, etc. Plenty of them out there with the .com burst. Look through the resumes and interview people with at least a BA in CS and 8-10 years experience.

02-19-2003, 08:49 AM
strainer Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 418	I spent 20 years leading teams of programmers in International consulting projects - banking, trading, accounting, etc. No offence, but the adult industry is plagued by crap programming. Most of the stuff being written is not really suitable for production and I would have thrown away if confronted with it. If you want a professional programmer, start with somebody that knows the basics. That means they graduated with at least a BS/BA in computer science. If you haven?t studied classical computing problems, you are pretty much destined to do stupid stuff. Don?t hire anybody under 30. ?Whiz kids? never worked for me ? they make incredibly stupid mistakes in logic because they didn?t take the time to learn classical algorithms. I usually start programmers off with 40-year-old classic books like ?Sorting and Searching? which are essential to a foundation in computer programming. Being smart is helpful in being a programmer, but there are much more important perquisites such as logic and consistency. Go to dice.com, monster.com, etc. Plenty of them out there with the .com burst. Look through the resumes and interview people with at least a BA in CS and 8-10 years experience.