You hire an extremely smart, talented individual with some ramp up time, or pass on them for someone less talented (and less smart?) with less ramp up time. I

You hire an extremely smart, talented individual with some ramp up time, or pass on them for someone less talented (and less smart?) with less ramp up time. I can't speak to your current needs when hiring someone, but you're mistaken if you think I was assuming they can pick up web dev with no mistakes made.