[gameprogrammer] Re: Fire on the first day?

> If i were working at a company where I could be fired for a 
> single wrong answer, i don't think i'd want to stick around :P

Or would anyone else in the company feel comfortable if this happened to
a new programmer, don't really think so.

> FWIW i say give him a chance and I predict you will be 
> pleasantly surprised.

Could very well happen. Hope to hear/read about positive results.


-Sam Nova
http://www.SamuelNova.com


> 
> 
> On 3/23/07, Kevin Jenkins <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I hired a graphics programmer for my 3D space game.  He 
> sounded smart 
> > in the interview and sounded like he had a good background. 
>  His first 
> > assignment was to develop an explosion system for a giant carrier.
> >
> > When pressed on how he would do this, he said he would 
> place explosion 
> > billboards randomly inside the bounding rectangle of the 
> carrier. When 
> > asked why this would work, he said it would work because my test 
> > carrier was a giant (hollow) rectangle.
> >
> > For those that don't know it, the bounding rectangle of an 
> object is 
> > the rectangle that encloses the maximum extents of the object, and 
> > unless the object really is a rectangle will have space 
> outside of the 
> > object too.
> >
> > My immediate reaction, and maybe I'm wrong, was that his 
> answer was so 
> > obviously wrong no graphics programmer could ever give it.  Even 
> > non-programmers should know better.  Did he actually think 
> our final 
> > art was going to be flying rectangles?  Or did just not 
> think things 
> > through?  Either way, I should just fire him immediately.
> >
> > On the other hand, I don't want to be an ogre that fires 
> someone just 
> > for asking a question. I always hated jobs where I had to 
> spend hours 
> > figuring stuff out because someone couldn't spare 5 minutes 
> to answer 
> > something.
> >
> > Firing now will cost $200 and the time I spent 
> interviewing.  Waiting 
> > will cost me $1000 and that time, but has a chance that he 
> will work 
> > out in the end.
> >
> > What should I do?
> >
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