Comments on: In praise of education http://www.daltonfilho.com/2008/02/10/in-praise-of-education/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Nate http://www.daltonfilho.com/2008/02/10/in-praise-of-education/#comment-121 Nate Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:45:40 +0000 http://www.daltonfilho.com/2008/02/10/in-praise-of-education/#comment-121 Great post! It's really gotten me thinking about ways to implement your solution. One problem is that numerous programming language books *do* have example problems. Another is that if you did publish the example database, then invariably, their solutions would start appearing. My best idea so far is a heavily-moderated wiki, with no solutions allowed, or a proprietary database sold only to employers. If solutions appear online (or someone writes a book and starts selling it), then all testing happens in the interview (no take-homes). Now someone needs to register a domain, set up the wiki and categorizing/rating systems, and start transcribing problems from texts. Simple, right? Great post! It’s really gotten me thinking about ways to implement your solution.

One problem is that numerous programming language books *do* have example problems. Another is that if you did publish the example database, then invariably, their solutions would start appearing.

My best idea so far is a heavily-moderated wiki, with no solutions allowed, or a proprietary database sold only to employers. If solutions appear online (or someone writes a book and starts selling it), then all testing happens in the interview (no take-homes).

Now someone needs to register a domain, set up the wiki and categorizing/rating systems, and start transcribing problems from texts. Simple, right?

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