[haiku-development] Re: Google Summer of Code 2008
- From: "JiSheng Zhang" <jszhang3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:32:16 +0800
hi all,
How about have an interview on irc. I remember that some projects did so in
gsoc 2007.
2008/2/27, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Salvatore Benedetto <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > I remember ffmpeg has this kind of test. You couldn't apply unless you
> > have passed a test, which was fixing a bug or something.
>
>
> While having a "useful" test would be nice, that might be a bit too
> complicated. What if we broke a certain application in a few known
> ways (one would cause a segfault and drop into a debugger, the other
> would just be a logic error.) The student would be given the broken
> code and a few "bug reports" and would need to fix it. This would mean
> they at least have a basic idea of C++, can use a debugger, and can
> debug and fix logic problems. That should weed out some people I
> suppose.
>
> I'm facing similar issues at my work now, trying to interview and hire
> people. There is a fine line between weeding out people who really are
> no good and being a bit too picky and accidentally weeding out
> potentially good people.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ryan
>
>
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