On 27 Feb, 21:26, tim <T...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:31:39 -0800, Alistair wrote:
> > On 26 Feb, 21:23, tim <T...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Some have claimed here that programming ability is orthogonal to
> >> personality. From my research and experience this is not the case.
For
> >> example, the incidence of autism in the children of Microsoft
employees is
> >> so high that MSFT has a special program for autistic children (geeks
> >> breeding with geeks).
>
> > 1. A defense along the lines of what Hans will do is not necessarily
> > the same as what a juror would do in the same cir***stances is most
> > likely to convict the client. (IMHO)
>
> You are probably right.
>
> > 2. Orthogonal means perpendicular. A good programmer, in my
> > experience, tends to be insular and not particularly social. Autistic
> > people also tend to insular and unsocial behaviour, My interpretation
> > of your paragraph is directly opposite of what I perceive you mean.
> > Could you please rephrase your text such that I can understand your
> > meaning.
>
> It also has the meaning in statistics of "not dependent on, or not
> statistically associated with". Sorry for being obscure.
>
> Some people argued that there is no association between personality type
> and ability to program computers. I think there is such an association.
>
I would agree with you on that. I used to test people using a cut down
version of a Belbin personality profile. If the person came out as a
company-worker/completer-finisher they would make a good programmer.
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