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Can 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
by stuxnet79 10y ago
Can 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.