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On 6/1/2012 7:41 AM, Jim Janney wrote:
> Eric Sosman<esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>  writes:
>
>>      (JavaDoc is both a blessing and a curse: It's a blessing in that
>> developers *are* encouraged to write documentation, and it's a curse
>> in that *developers* are encouraged to write documentation. ;)
>
> If I ever found myself screening applicants for a programming job (not
> something that's ever likely to happen) I would be very tempted to ask
> them to write a short essay.  If you can write clearly then I know you
> can think clearly too.
>

Help! I hate writing English essays, and was never very good at it.

Perhaps I picked the wrong career, but it's a little late now that I'm 
retired on the proceeds of my ill-chosen career path. I needed to know 
that I would not be good at programming back in 1970.

Patricia