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Can you blame them for not wanting to take the gamble? I was once given a new hire who had a degree in a different field and later went to one of those hacker s
by ng12 10y ago
Can you blame them for not wanting to take the gamble? I was once given a new hire who had a degree in a different field and later went to one of those hacker schools. He was smart, friendly, and a good worker -- but just not cut out for a job writing software. Not only was he unproductive, but he dragged down the rest of the team who had to fix his code and spend extra time going over his code reviews.
- stuxnet79 10y agoCan you go into more detail regarding why he wasn't cut out? Did he just not have enough experience at the time to work on software? It's always interesting to me what makes a 'bad' hire, a 'bad' hire because I'm starting to realize it is very subjective. My motivation level and productivity varies significantly depending on work conditions, and how well I am getting along with colleagues.
- ng12 10y agoHe could write code just fine (he passed the interview) but he couldn't seem to grasp engineering. He couldn't look at a mock or a system diagram and figure out how to translate that into code. Given multiple approaches a problem, he wasn't ever able to formulate the advantages and disadvantages to each (and would inevitably pick some crazy, obfuscated approach). Maybe it was just lack of experience, and he'll eventually come into his own -- but he definitely wasted an unacceptable amount of resources for a small company.