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>The algorithms go further still. They assess >the way coders use language on social >networks from LinkedIn to Twitter; the >company has determined that certain phrases >and words used in association with one >another can distinguish expert programmers >from less skilled ones.

>Gild knows these phrases and words are >associated with good coding because it can >correlate them with its evaluation of open->source code, and with the language and >online behavior of programmers in good >positions at prestigious companies.

>They’re not all obvious, or easy to explain. >Vivienne Ming, Gild’s chief scientist, told me >that one solid predictor of strong coding is an >affinity for a particular Japanese manga site.

>Why would good coders (but not bad ones) be >drawn to a particular manga site? By some >mysterious alchemy, does reading a certain >comic-book series improve one’s >programming skills? “Obviously, it’s not a >causal relationship,” Ming told me. But Gild >does have 6 million programmers in its >database, she said, and the correlation, even >if inexplicable, is quite clear.''

A-Are they talking about us?