I'm sorry to be the one to break the news to you, but the IT industry has appallingly low standards for hiring.
For instance, you may be able to get a programming job without at any point being asked to produce a code portfolio or to program in front of an interviewer.
I'd still be keen, by the way, to help you through a specific example that's giving you trouble compiling. I believe that when smart people get confused by things which their designers ought to have made simple, it's an opportunity to learn about improving similar designs.
Jeff Atwood also makes this meta point about blogging about fizzbuzz:
...Evidently writing about the FizzBuzz problem on a programming blog results in a nigh-irresistible urge to code up a solution. The comments here, on Digg, and on Reddit-- nearly a thousand in total-- are filled with hastily coded solutions to FizzBuzz. Developers are nothing if not compulsive problem solvers.
It certainly wasn't my intention, but a large portion of the audience interpreted FizzBuzz as a challenge. I suppose it's like walking into Guitar Center and yelling 'most guitarists
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