So, as a marriage and family therapist, I'm going to go ahead and say that yes, this fits with what I'd probably recommend to the average parent, assuming I believe they have the capacity to argue reasonably. However, there are enough caveats and qualifiers to that statement that I can't reasonably list them here, but…

Had a user drop their PC off at my office. She showed up and handed me the desktop case. Told her I'd get back to her when I found her problem. Closed door and went back to desk putting desktop on floor next to me. With 10 seconds, I noticed roaches scurrying all over the floor. Foolishly, I banged the side of the…

Let's see:

My friend deleted system 32 :(

Computer Science professors at top universities ARE experts in caffeine. What do you think gets them there, research??

as the threat of a terrorist nuclear attack grows stronger

I don't have much by way of side projects, but that is because after 9 hours in the office writing code, and then another 3-4 hours at home working on a freelance project, I'm done writing code for the day. Doesn't make me a lesser programmer, just means that my code is currently owned by either my current employer or…

Have them bring in past code that they work on the side as their own personal projects etc. If a programmer doesn't have personal coding projects of some sort... than something's wrong.

Teaching, at least, requires people to demonstrate some competence - for my last job, I had an in-person interview with the head of the department & two department members (checking out my teaching philosophy + experience, with some hypothetical situations thrown in), followed by a demo lesson ("teach a class on [X]…

Not sure I agree with that - there is a lot more to software development than just "can or can't." Cultural fit, work ethic, attitudes about quality and maintenance over time are just a few softer elements of a resource's qualities that shape their drive and motivation in how they will work in the workplace. Other…

In Marketing, I quiz candidates on marketing concepts. I describe abbreviated case studies and ask them to come up with a strategy to solve the challenge. If they work in the Creative division, my art director gives them a design task to complete in less than an hour. There are a lot of clear, measurable ways to…

Companies I've interviewed with give a writing or editing test. My current company weeds out a shocking number of applicants with college degrees who can't write to save their lives. I'm an online editorial assistant.

I know of a few microbiology based companies that give you an exam as part of the interview process. I've seen people studying old notes from their undergrad and graduate level classes for tens of hours in order to pass the exams.

As a Software Engineer, I find our own profession's interviewing tactics boggling.

So if you use the bathroom somewhere, then find that the only soap available is antibacterial, which is worse: 1.) Using the soap, or 2.) Rinsing your hands with water only

(I think there's a small typo: "the truth isn't quite so complex")

As a systems engineer... there is nothing more frustrating than a programmer telling me how to do my job. Sooo irritating.

The question is: can you actually get the headrest off the seat, before you drown?

I can't even remove one of those suckers when I'm not panicking.

No. >:(

But seriously, a lot of this is actually really good advice. I work from home, so work begins about 30 seconds after I get out of bed which sounds horrible, but it actually means that I can interact with coworkers or catch up with real people immediately, and that tends to wake me up a lot better than trudging…

My mindset is usually "this simple easy thing that I want to do is going to be infuriatingly difficult." Although, gold stars for me if it turned out easy.