{"id":5720,"date":"2014-01-02T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T03:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2014-01-02T11:30:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T03:30:59","slug":"i-wont-hire-people-who-use-poor-grammar-heres-why-kyle-wiens-harvard-business-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/02\/i-wont-hire-people-who-use-poor-grammar-heres-why-kyle-wiens-harvard-business-review\/","title":{"rendered":"I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why. – Kyle Wiens – Harvard Business Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the same vein, programmers who pay attention to how they construct written language also tend to pay a lot more attention to how they code. You see, at its core, code is prose. Great programmers are more than just code monkeys; according to Stanford programming legend Donald Knuth they are \u201cessayists who work with traditional aesthetic and literary forms.\u201d The point: programming should be easily understood by real human beings \u2014 not just computers.
\nAnd just like good writing and good grammar, when it comes to programming, the devil\u2019s in the details. In fact, when it comes to my whole business, details are everything.
\nI hire people who care about those details. Applicants who don\u2019t think writing is important are likely to think lots of other (important) things also aren\u2019t important. And I guarantee that even if other companies aren\u2019t issuing grammar tests, they pay attention to sloppy mistakes on r\u00e9sum\u00e9s. After all, sloppy is as sloppy does.
\nThat\u2019s why I grammar test people who walk in the door looking for a job. Grammar is my litmus test. All applicants say they\u2019re detail-oriented; I just make my employees prove it.
\nRead the summary of the #HBRchat on Twitter based on this blog post.
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In the same vein, programmers who pay attention to how they construct written language also tend to pay a lot more attention to how they code. You see, at its core, code is prose. Great programmers are more than just code monkeys; according to Stanford programming legend Donald Knuth they are \u201cessayists who work with … <\/p>\n

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