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Hiring a programmer: looking for the “right attitude”
Have you been involved in hiring? How do you recognize a great programmer?
Started by LittleBoy on
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Joel would say that a great programmer hiring" button).
I've never been responsible for hiring other best way to hire good programmers is to train them yourself.
Effective that we did not hire anyone for over a year.
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Would you hire software developer/engineer for Testing position? why? what are the pros and cons for hiring developer/engineer as test engineer?
Started by Mohamed on
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I would be less hesitant....
There is a lot of common ground between the two positions done .
My hire an architect to be a building inspector.
Are that the testers you hire should have domain knowledge on the application your trying to sell.
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As someone who's bounced around a fair bit in jobs (at one point I had lost 4 jobs in less than 4 years, all of which laid everyone off when they closed their doors) I wonder how much the candidates stability affects hiring decisions. For those of you...
Started by Steve B. on
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Since the DotCom bust I haven't even bothered to look at the dates that a potential hire has been ask why, if it seems like BS then I would probly not hire them, however if they left for a legit.
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As a developer who's never worked in Agile specifically (but have worked in TDD shops), I see employers that are running Agile shops resistant to hiring someone who hasn't worked in Agile. I've run into this a few times over the past few years. Is it ...
Started by jcollum on
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Employers most likely stick ....
In your current job, can you implement some Silicon Valley hiring perspective, a candidate who is familiar with Agile practices (e.g., knows what XP.
To the Agile company and they will hire you, I promise.
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We have a university pretty close by and I'm thinking of trying to hire a student for a small and quite well defined coding project.
I know that there will be some drawbacks (level of education, experience and time), but I'm hoping to find someone who...
Started by IronGoofy on
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About programming You may be better either waiting to hire until after their finals.
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Many times we had the need to hire or outsource additional developers for a project . We follow usual the process of advertising the job opening, collecting resumes/CVs, and pick the candidates for the interview.
There are candidates that have a lot of...
Started by thenonhacker on
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The major factors for me are coding skills, and the fit on ! But i guess, you folks want to hire someone who doesn't just know the least, but who is actually efficient.
hire if it was my money on the line.
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There are a bunch of great threads on hiring testers / developers based on skills and tips/tricks.
That being said, I'm going over some resumes (first pass) right now and I'm seeing some which technically, look very sound. However little nuances bother...
Started by Mat Nadrofsky on
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Don't hire sloppy people, but please don't expect programmers to be without fault , I wouldn't hire them!
From my....
Their mistake, thats the kind of developer to tester you would have to deal with if you hire them of communication.
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No. At best they can be involved in hiring admin/non-technical staff. For technical/core functional hiring the respective managers/team heads should be given complete freedom in hiring and also be made 100% accountable for performance.
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The ultimate hire decision....
Most processes.
HR is the facilitator that supports the hiring manager in making the best hire.
They're checks.
A match, it's up to the hiring manager to chose the right candidate to hire.
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My understanding is that asking for a work sample is a good way to determine if someone has the skillset you are looking for, as some people just interview well. So I want to ask potential developers to write some sample code for me.
I'm looking for ideas...
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But in interviews I've.
I've never been a part of the hiring process...
I'm not sure it's possible to be able to give a quality may be the wrong choice .
Hire a third party if you need to.
With you.
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When hiring a front-end developer, what specific skills and practices should you test for? What is a good metric for evaluating their skill in HTML, CSS and Javascript?
Obviously, table-less semantic HTML and pure CSS layout are probably the key skills...
Started by Bryan M. on
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Nothing too before hiring, I would go about it this way:
Hand over a print-out of a photoshopped web page development or was eager to learn and adapt....
You might want to consider is a developer test that you could send a prospective hire.
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