▲ 4 ▼ Why we ask for code

There is a reason the fizz buzz problem exists. The hard truth is most people in the job market who claim to be programmers, aren’t. As Reg Braithwaite and Joel Spolsky attest — we’re talking about people who can’t write a simple program. I tend to blame this one on traditional educational approaches that kill the joy of coding, but that’s neither here nor there.