Please take this computer knowledge quiz for me.

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After having my job for many years, I quit, and my newly former supervisor has asked for my help, wanting me to come up with questions that would help identify people who are knowledgeable about computers so they might find a replacement.

I want to clarify that filling out this form is not filling out a job application. This form is just something that I can provide to my former supervisor to provide some help identifying people who have knowledge about computers.

If you want to leave out personal information like your name or email address, you can just enter your screen name or enter gibberish.

http://goo.gl/rtPaEK

Thanks.

Minor problem

you required people to have used a tablet, I don't and adamantly refuse to, touchscreens don't work for me.

once technology started getting fairly advanced is how I became disabled, being in the computer field is now I got "broke"

Is your former supervisor paying you for your work?

Are YOU paying US for our work?

I've quit jobs before, and some of the supervisors found out the hard way just how valuable I was to their companies. Those supervisors always tried to get just a little more work out of me without any thought of paying me for that work. They stopped calling me when word got around that I had successfully sued one of them in Small Claims Court for non-payment of an invoice -- "Consultant's Fee: $220 per hour for 90 minutes of work == $330"

It cost that company more to fight my claim (and lose) than it would have cost them to pay me up front, or to do the job themselves.

Work for no pay is exploitation.

This questionnaire seems biased toward weeding out people who are OK using Microsoft products. Or is it just because Windows occurs last alphabetically in a list of operating systems. Well that theory fails when one comes to the mobile questions where iPhone is listed ahead of Android.

I"d really like to know what sort of employer gives a toss whether a job applicant's mobile is iOS vs Android.

I'm puzzeld by the questions about file extensions. On a default Windows installation, the typical user isn't shown the extensions (it's a setting they'll have to change). Instead, one is expected to identify the file type and associated application by recognizing an icon. Back in the early days of Apple that was considered a good thing. Perhaps a better question would be to ask whether these extensions are usually displayed and how to go about changing that. Of course, if your applicant only uses Slackware on their own time, they may have trouble answering that, which from your POV might make them an attractive candidate.

I would want to know what sort of computer knowledge the candidates would need. It would help knowing the sort of position for which they are to be considered.

BTW why did you quit after presumably managing OK for quite some time?

I left that position on what I consider exceptionally good terms. Because throughout the time that I worked there, my coworkers treated me very well, and because I was almost single-handedly responsible for setting up the technology infrastructure at this location(in an organization which is non-profit and which is basically, although not technically completely, a charity), I would like to see the systems that I created maintained. If you feel that I am exploiting you by asking you to take this quiz, or if you think that my former employer is exploiting me by asking for my help, then you don't need to participate.

I did not try to have a bias against Microsoft products with this quiz. I actually regularly use Linux, Mac, and Windows, and yes, I did put them alphabetically for that purpose. I did forget to list Android and iOS alphabetically, but although I think I personally would have preferred having Android devices there, my former employer is biased toward iOS, so it is more important that the person having the position be knowledgeable about iOS.

It is important that the person having my former position have an understanding of different operating systems. My point with this questionnaire was not to eliminate people who choose differently than I did. My point was to find people who were knowledgeable of the widest number of systems available and could compare and contrast them to make reasonable selections for what technology products to purchase. I don't care what type of systems the people applying for the job choose. I care that the person selected can explain why they prefer their preferred types of systems and that they can explain why they don't prefer other available options. If they can demonstrate that they have valid opinions about different platforms, I think that they will be likely to do well in this position. I have had an interest in computer interfaces since I was extremely young, and I think that the best person to handle the position would be someone who thinks somewhat like I do. I was also considering the possibility of making a specific effort to try to get local autistic applicants to apply, because the work environment is very unusual and because of the specific circumstances I think that certain specific people might do well in this position.

I did have this job for many years. I quit because I have a need to move somewhere very far away. Although it is something that I am completely terrified to do, it is something that I do need to do.