[thelist] How to interview techie programmers if you're a non-techie

> I'll prob. get burnt on this one, but I have a theory that the people
> who truly understand technology are able to expalin it in simple terms.
> Ask them to expalin some of the technology to you, if you get
> bamboozled, or they insist on pontificating "techie terms" all day then
> say bye-bye.

I disagree.  There are some tech types who have excellent tech
skills, but poor communication skills.  Kind of like that college
professor who won the Nobel prize, but was unintelligible to the
mere mortals who spent three hours a week with him/her in the
lecture hall.

In this case, though, your strategy is right on, because the
requirement is for both tech and communication skills.

Regards,

  Ed

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