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Subject:RE: a different resume red flag From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:15:17 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Castro
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:45 AM
> To: Goldstein, Dan; TECHWR-L Mailing List
> Subject: Re: a different resume red flag
>
> > Clean code matters in HTML no less than in C++.
>
> Is that true when you're looking at output generated from a different
> source? Sure, I'd agree that code cleanness is important if you are
> directly maintaining the HTML. But if it's automatically-generated
> output from a separate document, and if changes to that separate
> document are easy to make, then is the cleanness of the generated code
> really important?
The cleanness of the generated code says something about your attitude. If
you want to work in a shop where clean code matters, pay attention to what
you bring to the interview.
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