Hi! I'm Syl, she/her, she/it if we're friends! Jewish, ace lesbian, AuDHD, furry, young adult, othervague cat/dragon/sylveon/red panda, etc.
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As today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, itās a great time to revisit Dinah from Devonās memory of this historic event. And yes, still makes me laugh.
Years ago back when I worked in cubicle land, we were hiring junior software developers. They didnāt have to have a ton of experience, just a willingness to learn, and some demonstration of their software skills. Like: show me a program you wrote (any language) or a web site you designed. Anything.
And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.
A website of tiny ceramic frogs.
Not for sale. Justā¦ all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.
I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.
āThis is your website?ā I asked finally.
āYep!ā
āYou coded this yourself?ā I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.
āYep!ā
āSoā¦ whereād all the frogs come from?ā
āI made those too,ā he says, beaming.Ā
And while Iām processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.
āAnd THIS one,ā he says,Ā āI made for you! As a thank you for the interview.ā
It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case heād wash out in 90 days and weād hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team.Ā
And yes, his cubicle was loaded with ceramic frogs.
