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Stop hiring "Java developers" or "Erlang developers" or "Blub3.0 developers". Just hire developers who are smart enough to learn whatever language you are using
by quantumhobbit 10y ago
Stop hiring "Java developers" or "Erlang developers" or "Blub3.0 developers". Just hire developers who are smart enough to learn whatever language you are using.
Maybe you hire a "developer with experience in functional languages such as Haskell" if you are in a rush. But if you find yourself in a place where you need to hire very specific skills with no time to train, then you have already lost.
- jwatte 10y agoBy the way, I have some openings for Blub3.0 developers, if you're interested! Two years experience minimum required.
- douche 10y agoIt's a language you just created last Tuesday, isn't it?
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- jimbokun 10y ago"Just hire developers who are smart enough to learn whatever language you are using." Knowing a less-commonly-used language like Haskell could be a fairly good indicator for this quality.
- quantumhobbit 10y agoVery true. I think this is the source of pg's python paradox from back when python was much less popular than it is today.