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> It seems that "great" developer is somewhat a synonym for "public" developer. Not really. What Joel and Dan are both talking about is that great developers
by morgante 10y ago
> It seems that "great" developer is somewhat a synonym for "public" developer.
Not really.
What Joel and Dan are both talking about is that great developers tend to have coworkers who know they're great and will happily hire them at other companies.
I'm certainly not a "public" developer. My most popular repo on GitHub has maybe 10 stars. But I do have a handful of people who I've worked with in the past who will readily hire me at their new companies.
Referrals are how most hiring works, and it's the predominant way that companies recognize "great" developers even though said developers are not public.
- vonmoltke 10y agoI have been in this industry for 14 years. I know three developers I have worked with who are both still working and not still at the companies where I worked with them. It's kinda hard for me to take advantage of that. This kinda ties in to the point tptacek made elsewhere about the problems of relying on this kind of recruiting.
- morgante 10y ago> It's kinda hard for me to take advantage of that. Why? That's 3 companies where someone should be willing to give you a strong referral, not to mention that really your network should include second-degree referrals as well.
- vonmoltke 10y agoIt's only three companies, and they aren't companies I would want to work at unless I needed another job. I'm not sure what you mean by "second-degree referrals".
- mgkimsal 10y agothe fact that you have repos on github qualifies you as a 'public' developer.