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Phoenix Project discussion questions

Trying gist as the channel here, rather than a full repo which seems too heavyweight (but I don’t want to roll these into an existing repo).

Will be updated as the semester progresses.

Note on syllabus. Phoenix Project works well as a semester long read, with 3 chapters per week, assuming 12 active class weeks (semesters are typically 14 weeks, including intro & final).

For full context, the primary text for this class (SEIS664, IT Delivery, Graduate Programs in Software at University of St. Thomas, Minnesota) is the Digital Practitioner Body of Knowledge (https://pubs.opengroup.org/dpbok/standard/DPBoK.html). The class is "flipped" and class sessions are primarily lab (not lecture), with a strong hands-on emphasis (Linux, containers, cloud, infracode, etc).

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Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

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