Even after reading Jeff Atwood's post[1], it still amazes me how many programmers fail the fizz buzz test. We dont even get the chance to ask tough programming qustions. Simple questions like fizz buzz, loops and recursion were good enough to filter out a lot of applicants.
Is this really the case? I read this a lot, but have a hard time imagining that there exists a wealth of people who have such a hard time with such a simple task, and yet I am having a hard time finding an entry-level job when they are (presumably a substantial part of) my competition.
It is. There are a lot of really bad programmers out there.
However, you're probably not looking at the places where such programmers would apply... try an entry-level job here in Uruguay (pay: about U$ 800 / month after taxes), you'll get a lot of people that fail fizz-buzz .
The original poster (Imran Ghory) was from the UK, and Reginald is from Canada. Neither are Silicon Valley.
[1] http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmer...