in reply to Re^7: Some reflections on the Brainbench Perl Test in thread Some reflections on the Brainbench Perl Test
I disagree with a fair share of open-ended questions of browseruk's, but in this case, I like his point. Finding a set of favorable questions and making checkmarks beside them isn't difficult. A similar case can be made for SATs, IQ tests, and so on. If you were to judge parrot on a different exam, perhaps one on meeting development goals and deadlines, timely releases, and so on, would you pass? And if you didn't, does that mean your team is terrible or that I chose an unflattering metric?
Point being, judging competence is a tricky beast, and subject to the whims of the test writer and the company or person(s) endorsing it.
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