Comments on: C# On a Scale of One to Ten http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/ Thoughts while working and playing as a Software Developer Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Slaven Slo http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-398 Slaven Slo Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:54:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-398 I had similar questions on interviews for our new developers, so I asked rate your C# skills from 1 - 10 assuming that 1 is you read something about it in a blog post and 10 is you are Anders Hejlsberg, but John Skeet is even better :)....Love it I had similar questions on interviews for our new developers, so I asked rate your C# skills from 1 – 10 assuming that 1 is you read something about it in a blog post and 10 is you are Anders Hejlsberg, but John Skeet is even better :)….Love it

]]> By: Michael Robin http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-393 Michael Robin Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-393 I would also question #6 - I've been using C# since before it was public, and I've never (well, almost :)) used operator overloading -- "+" is for maths, it shouldn't be able to reformat your hard-drive :) I would also question #6 – I’ve been using C# since before it was public, and I’ve never (well, almost :)) used operator overloading — “+” is for maths, it shouldn’t be able to reformat your hard-drive :)

]]> By: Mark88 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-382 Mark88 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:27:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-382 #fail:You should have started your list with nr 0!  #fail:You should have started your list with nr 0! 

]]> By: Chris Bristol http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-380 Chris Bristol Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-380 I really like the list overall, but I'm not sure how seriously I would take #5.  Sometimes, Resharper just suggests writing something in equivalent forms, like switching between query comprehension syntax and using the fluent interface. Maybe I'm just nitpicking about what "code improvement" means... #7 is also a very difficult one. There are a lot of query syntax keywords that are difficult to remember, and some really subtle differences in what a keyword means depending on context.  Examples: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2009/08/31/what-s-the-difference-part-four-into-vs-into.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2009/08/27/what-s-the-difference-between-fixed-and-fixed.aspx Links from Eric Lippert's "What's the Difference" "series": http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/tags/what_2700_s+the+difference_3f00_/ If you can get all of that off the top of your head, you are way ahead of me. I'll also vote for "11. You are Eric Lippert", and I'll add 0. You know where list indexes start. :) I really like the list overall, but I’m not sure how seriously I would take #5.  Sometimes, Resharper just suggests writing something in equivalent forms, like switching between query comprehension syntax and using the fluent interface. Maybe I’m just nitpicking about what “code improvement” means…

#7 is also a very difficult one. There are a lot of query syntax keywords that are difficult to remember, and some really subtle differences in what a keyword means depending on context.  Examples:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2009/08/31/what-s-the-difference-part-four-into-vs-into.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2009/08/27/what-s-the-difference-between-fixed-and-fixed.aspx

Links from Eric Lippert’s “What’s the Difference” “series”: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/tags/what_2700_s+the+difference_3f00_/

If you can get all of that off the top of your head, you are way ahead of me.

I’ll also vote for “11. You are Eric Lippert”, and I’ll add 0. You know where list indexes start. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-379 Anonymous Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:42:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-379 The last year I have been working R&D, which has meant learning new platforms every 3 months. at some point, individual languages stop becoming skills in themselves and the skill of being able to work in any language productively takes over. one of my 3 month projects was a significant C# project, but I can't even keep languages straight in my memory anymore, so If I were asked to write a short C# program on paper at a job interview I would draw a complete blank. Get a browser and VS in front of me for five minutes and I'm probably a much better C# programmer than average. The last year I have been working R&D, which has meant learning new platforms every 3 months. at some point, individual languages stop becoming skills in themselves and the skill of being able to work in any language productively takes over.

one of my 3 month projects was a significant C# project, but I can’t even keep languages straight in my memory anymore, so If I were asked to write a short C# program on paper at a job interview I would draw a complete blank.

Get a browser and VS in front of me for five minutes and I’m probably a much better C# programmer than average.

]]> By: Tudor http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-378 Tudor Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:27:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-378 I would add:  11. 'You are Eric Lippert' :) I would add: 

11. ‘You are Eric Lippert’ :)

]]> By: Chris Missal http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-376 Chris Missal Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:10:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-376 Good catch, this is why I consider myself a 3 on this scale ;) Good catch, this is why I consider myself a 3 on this scale ;)

]]> By: Aidan Ryan http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-375 Aidan Ryan Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:41:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-375 #6.5 - You know that it's called operator "overloading," not "overriding" :-) #6.5 – You know that it’s called operator “overloading,” not “overriding”

:-)

]]> By: Chris Missal http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-374 Chris Missal Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:15:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-374 Yeah, I kind of thought so too but I was having a tough time trying to get them easily spaced. I didn't spend tons of time stewing over the list, it was basically just an idea I wanted to share. Maybe it should be like that though, and what's it's saying is that the leap from ranking oneself as an 8 versus a 7 says a lot. Maybe? :) Yeah, I kind of thought so too but I was having a tough time trying to get them easily spaced. I didn’t spend tons of time stewing over the list, it was basically just an idea I wanted to share.

Maybe it should be like that though, and what’s it’s saying is that the leap from ranking oneself as an 8 versus a 7 says a lot. Maybe? :)

]]> By: tilde http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2012/06/05/c-on-a-scale-of-one-to-ten/#comment-373 tilde Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:58:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/?p=143#comment-373  Isn't the leap between 7 and 8 a little too wide?  Isn’t the leap between 7 and 8 a little too wide?

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