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Martin Spamer (244245)
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http://www.spamer.me.uk/
I live in the city of Kingston upon Hull [wikipedia.org], East Yorkshire in the UK. No it's not near London, but it is near York and perhaps surprisingly to many who've heard of York but not Hull, it is about five times larger.
Yes, my name really is Martin SPAMER;
Yes, it really p!$$ me off when people abuse my name;
Yes, it does cause me no end of grief;
Yes, Ii1/2ve heard all the wise cracks before;
No, I doni1/2t find them funny.
No, I refuse to be bullied into using an alias.
So if you wish to get on my bright side, do not use the term Spam*, use the term(s) unsolicited [ commercial | Junk ] email.
Thank you.
Journal of Martin Spamer (244245)
Programming Tests
I recently attended an interview for a role as Software Architect. At the interview I was asked to complete a written programming test. The first two questions where to write in Java the functions IsOdd() & ToUpper(). This was so monumentally stupid I didn't know where to begin. My first through was that the test was really designed to see If I would stand up and point out the stupidity of the situation. Apparently not. They really did want to test a Software Architects skills with a programming test. They really didn't understand why these two functions are out of place in an OO language. They really didn't understand why static utility functions are a really bad idea. They really did want two functions that broke the Java language naming conventions. They really did want two functions that not only re-invent the wheel but have a cyclomatic complexity of 1. After two hours of this and other stupidity I asked why they had spent two hours asking a Software Architect programming questions. To which the interviewer responded "Oh we call our Developers, Software Architects because it impresses the customers". Needless to say I made my excuses and left, something I should have done much earlier.
