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Could I suggest that anyone who is still interested in this proposal have a look at the Merge career proposals discussion. – Mark Booth Jan 16 at 14:38

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44 Example Questions (6 closed)

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up vote 22 down vote

added by Wikis Jul 13 '10 at 9:46

up vote 21 down vote

added by Damovisa Jul 13 '10 at 4:22

	area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/20300/… – blueberryfields Dec 8 '10 at 21:56
	area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/10947/… – blueberryfields Dec 8 '10 at 21:56

up vote 21 down vote

added by Wikis Jul 13 '10 at 9:45

this seems very wide-ranging, and not-specific to just IT Careers & Training – warren Aug 4 '10 at 18:37

@Warren - yes, that is true. Is that a problem for this Q&A? – Wikis Aug 4 '10 at 19:41

don't see it as a problem, no :) – warren Aug 4 '10 at 19:56

@Warren - thx! =:-) – Wikis Aug 4 '10 at 19:58

up vote 20 down vote

added by googletorp, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Apr 5 '11 at 20:44

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/10947/… – blueberryfields Dec 8 '10 at 21:57

up vote 20 down vote

added by William Jul 13 '10 at 11:03

up vote 14 down vote

added by Wikis Jul 13 '10 at 11:37

Why the "not a good example" vote, anyone? – Wikis Jul 22 '10 at 7:39

@warren - seems then an "off-topic example" vote would be in order but I won't lose any sleep over it. – Wikis Jul 22 '10 at 13:15

Eww, it's a "What's your favorite .... " kind of question. >_o – rlb.usa Jul 22 '10 at 16:15

Funny thing is, warren, your answer was great - not "noise", which kind of works against your point here. =:-) – Wikis Jul 23 '10 at 13:54

Fair enough, @Mark .. I'll vote "on-topic" :) – warren Jul 23 '10 at 14:47

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up vote 12 down vote

added by William Jul 13 '10 at 12:06

up vote 10 down vote

added by David Wiggins Jul 15 '10 at 1:58

up vote 8 down vote

added by warren Jul 13 '10 at 18:38

I thought we should be targeting professionals already in the field. Given that, wouldn't this not be a good example? It's not off topic -- just not an example.... – Frank V Aug 9 '10 at 18:06

@Frank V - "budding IT Professionals" is in the site's description (as of 1405EDT on 09-aug-2010) .. I thought this would apply to such "budding" folks :) – warren Aug 9 '10 at 18:09

I know quite a few IT pros who started off in other fields and ended up here because it was their hobby. I think the question belongs. – LoganGoesPlaces Aug 17 '10 at 1:40

up vote 8 down vote

added by Preets Jul 19 '10 at 22:56

up vote 7 down vote

added by Sandy Aug 16 '10 at 12:08

up vote 6 down vote

added by Damovisa Jul 13 '10 at 4:19

up vote 6 down vote

added by agartzke Aug 6 '10 at 18:36

up vote 5 down vote

added by warren Jul 23 '10 at 14:50

up vote 4 down vote

added by William Jul 13 '10 at 10:45

	Why wouldn't one answer this truthfully; wouldn't you want your long term goals to line up with a potential employer? – Frank V Aug 12 '10 at 0:48
	I agree; as an interviewer, I hope it would be truthful. However, from what I hear, the short term employment goal can override longer term goals, and some people think they can improve their chances on this answer. – William Aug 12 '10 at 4:26

up vote 4 down vote

added by David Wiggins Jul 15 '10 at 2:04

Ideally, the question can be linked to a new Stack Exchange site for practice IT interview questions! – agartzke Aug 6 '10 at 18:37

up vote 4 down vote

added by Frank V Aug 8 '10 at 13:49

up vote 4 down vote

added by Ryan Berger Oct 6 '10 at 3:34

up vote 3 down vote

added by steve.lippert, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Feb 23 '11 at 18:08

funny, I always thought it was harder to go in the other direction :) – warren Oct 5 '10 at 20:07

up vote 3 down vote

added by Steven Jan 23 '11 at 18:13

up vote 2 down vote

added by Tangurena, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 14 '11 at 15:07

up vote 2 down vote

added by vpuri, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 14 '11 at 15:06

Or should I concentrate exclusively on .NET framework? – vpuri Jan 8 '11 at 20:25

up vote 2 down vote

added by Mister IT Guru Apr 22 '11 at 10:22

up vote 1 down vote

added by Damovisa Jul 13 '10 at 4:34

closed as off topic by agartzke, Frank V, HoLyVieR, misterjaytee, Iszi Oct 14 '10 at 15:41

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote 1 down vote

added by Ryan Berger Oct 6 '10 at 3:24

up vote 0 down vote

added by Wikis Jul 13 '10 at 11:38

closed as off topic by agartzke, Sam Erde, Silent Warrior, Iszi, Edgar Nov 23 '10 at 6:52

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote 0 down vote

added by warren Jul 22 '10 at 1:05

I have mixed feelings on this.. I've seen this question beat to death in Stackoverflow and the CareersOverflow sites... – Frank V Aug 8 '10 at 13:51

up vote 0 down vote

added by Ryan Berger Oct 6 '10 at 3:27

up vote 0 down vote

added by Tangurena Dec 2 '10 at 21:07

closed as off topic by russjman, esqew, bigown, vpuri, Steven Jan 23 '11 at 18:14

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote 0 down vote

added by MaQleod Apr 26 '11 at 1:24

up vote -1 down vote

added by William Jul 13 '10 at 10:46

closed as off topic by Damovisa, David Wiggins, warren, agartzke, Frank V Aug 12 '10 at 0:49

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	Suggesting off-topic as it's more about management training than IT – Damovisa Jul 13 '10 at 14:54
	If the question body made no mention of IT, then I agree it's probably off topic. However, plenty of IT roles need management skills, so I thought it might fit in here? – William Jul 13 '10 at 21:50

up vote -1 down vote

added by pramodc84 Sep 7 '10 at 9:24

up vote -1 down vote

added by Ryan Coates Feb 10 '11 at 7:02

Any method more relevant than studying hard? – Yannis Rizos Jun 1 '11 at 12:55

up vote -1 down vote

added by MaQleod Apr 22 '11 at 1:44

up vote -1 down vote

added by MaQleod, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 14 '11 at 15:04

Off-topic example – MaQleod May 1 '11 at 18:39

up vote -1 down vote

added by Sarang, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 14 '11 at 15:02

up vote -2 down vote

added by Wikis Jul 13 '10 at 11:39

closed as off topic by William, Damovisa, Kyra, David Wiggins, Jim G. Jul 21 '10 at 20:40

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Intended as an off-topic example – Wikis Jul 13 '10 at 11:39

up vote -2 down vote

added by William Jul 13 '10 at 12:08

closed as off topic by warren, Frank V, Edgar, blueberryfields, Laxman13 Mar 15 '11 at 6:10

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Very subjective... – Damovisa Jul 13 '10 at 14:59

up vote -3 down vote

added by Frank V Aug 8 '10 at 13:16

The idea is details would be included in the body of the question. IT folks (myself included) can have a bit of trouble balancing the desire of pure software developments with business need. My hope for such a question is to provide guidance for those such developers. – Frank V Aug 8 '10 at 13:25

up vote -4 down vote

added by warren Jul 22 '10 at 1:01

	Subjective (to the OS\|Tool), so I think this would be a off topic example... – Frank V Aug 12 '10 at 0:49
	@warren - Please recall that we are looking for the "best" example questions to represent the site. So a cw question wouldn't be acceptable as a "great" on-topic example (or off topic example for that matter). – Frank V Aug 12 '10 at 14:22
	@Frank V - cw questions can often be "great" examples .. and I retract my previous statement regarding the subjective nature of this question: for those who watch industry trends, determining the likelihood of a "future" in a given product shouldn't be too subjective (current uptake, historical trends, early adoption, etc) – warren Oct 14 '10 at 17:01
	Still don't see why this is a "not a good example" - there are all kinds of objective analyses that can be applied to Product X to evaluate its long-term prospects – warren Apr 6 '11 at 16:18