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Originally posted by DimPrawnSimple.
Step 1
Use .NET Reflector to get the source code of the M$ DateTime classes.
Step 2.
Copy & Paste
Step 3.
Smile smugly.
Step 1
Use .NET Reflector to get the source code of the M$ DateTime classes.
Step 2.
Scream in terror at the horror that is MS source code
Step 3.
Rewrite it properly.
Step 4.
Smile smugly.
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Originally posted by HankWangfordA friend of mine has been asked to complete the following pre-phone interview test.
FFS you wouldn't ask a bloke to come round to fix your car stereo then make before he starts make him rewire your great grandfathers gramophone just to make sure he was suitable....
would you do it? I told him to tell them to fek orf
Please write a small application that can calculate the difference in days between two dates.
The application should meet the following requirements:
• It should be written in C# and .NET
• The code must not use the DateTime or other date functionality provided within the .NET library, this is a test of coding, not of knowledge of the .NET FCL
Step 1
Use .NET Reflector to get the source code of the M$ DateTime classes.
Step 2.
Copy & Paste
Step 3.
Smile smugly.
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The more I think of it, the more I think it's not such a bad test of coding. A less horribly contrived one would be of course.
You'd end up with about 1 screen's worth of code, and you'd be able to see how well factored it was, what the guy's commenting was like etc; whether he's from the 'keep it simple' or the 'OO purist' school of thought etc.
I'd be sensible who I gave it to though!
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Originally posted by HankWangfordA friend of mine has been asked to complete the following pre-phone interview test.
FFS you wouldn't ask a bloke to come round to fix your car stereo then make before he starts make him rewire your great grandfathers gramophone just to make sure he was suitable....
would you do it? I told him to tell them to fek orf
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Originally posted by HankWangfordThe application should meet the following requirements:
• It should be written in C# and .NET
• The code must not use the DateTime or other date functionality provided within the .NET library, this is a test of coding, not of knowledge of the .NET FCL
• The code can be as complex or as simple as you think is needed to meet the requirements.
• The code must be able to be compiled, run and tested.
• The code should be supplied in a Zip file
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Being a contractor, I would basically do anything legal & ethical for the right amount of money.
So I would play ball and do their little test, but add the 'customer is a git' surcharge to the day rate before going into negotiation.
I would even wrap it in a unit test shell because I'm such a goodie.
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The code must not use the DateTime or other date functionality provided within the .NET library, this is a test of coding, not of knowledge of the .NET FCL
It's a crap, dull, pointless and tedious test. Your friend should refuse to do it.
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Originally posted by Moscow MuleRob his piggy bank then - that'll learn 'im.
Oh, the moral turmoil!!!!!!
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Originally posted by Let-Me-InMine lives with his mum and I have him every second weekend...but still costs me a fortune. Just last weekend he taxed my iPOD off me!!!!!
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Originally posted by Moscow MuleI think so, not having any I obviously can't understand the moral turmoil that would put you in...
Mine lives with his mum and I have him every second weekend...but still costs me a fortune. Just last weekend he taxed my iPOD off me!!!!!
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I think so, not having any I obviously can't understand the moral turmoil that would put you in...
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Originally posted by Moscow MuleThe compound interest over 2000+ years would be worth a mint...
Is it bad to rob your childs piggy bank then?
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Originally posted by Let-Me-InJesus saves????? Piggy bank raid time....
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