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Having tried this approach I can tell you that offering more money results in perhaps a doubling of the number of barely competent programmers, a ten-fold incre

Having tried this approach I can tell you that offering more money results in perhaps a doubling of the number of barely competent programmers, a ten-fold increase in the number of completely clueless, and no apparent increase in the number of people we'd actually want. My results are not statistically valid, I've only gone through the hiring cycle five times, but my impression from actually trying it is that salary is not what it's about. Dan Pink said it well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=782171 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=782171 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1357390 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1357390 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1439939 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1439939 The problem isn't attracting candidates, it's getting the candidates to see your job opening, to understand that it's a great place to work, and then filtering out the clueless.

jasonlotito 16y ago
> The problem isn't attracting candidates, it's getting the candidates to see your job opening, to understand that it's a great place to work, and then filtering out the clueless. And then offering them enough money so they don't have to worry about it. Because, I'm sorry to say, minimum wage isn't going to cut it.
binaryfinery 16y ago
2ND VIDEO: 4m50s: "IF YOU DONT PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH, PEOPLE WONT BE MOTIVATED." "THE BEST USE OF MONEY IS TO PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE ISSUE OF MONEY OFF THE TABLE". "ONCE YOU DO THAT THERE ARE THREE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO BETTER PERFORMANCE..." Once you do that. Clear? Once you pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table. This is your link dammit. For me, with a wife, two kids, and a car racing habit, that "enough" is a lot higher than it is for a 20yo student. Its about $130k in fact. As for your results, as you say: "not statistically valid". That actually means something.

jasonlotito 16y ago

> The problem isn't attracting candidates, it's getting the candidates to see your job opening, to understand that it's a great place to work, and then filtering out the clueless. And then offering them enough money so they don't have to worry about it. Because, I'm sorry to say, minimum wage isn't going to cut it.

binaryfinery 16y ago

2ND VIDEO: 4m50s: "IF YOU DONT PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH, PEOPLE WONT BE MOTIVATED." "THE BEST USE OF MONEY IS TO PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE ISSUE OF MONEY OFF THE TABLE". "ONCE YOU DO THAT THERE ARE THREE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO BETTER PERFORMANCE..." Once you do that. Clear? Once you pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table. This is your link dammit. For me, with a wife, two kids, and a car racing habit, that "enough" is a lot higher than it is for a 20yo student. Its about $130k in fact. As for your results, as you say: "not statistically valid". That actually means something.