Ah don't put yourself down. Hiring is super hard and you're supposed to hire slow, fire fast, so perhaps you just did it the right way given your circumstances.

Ah don't put yourself down. Hiring is super hard and you're supposed to hire slow, fire fast, so perhaps you just did it the right way given your circumstances. A whole host of factors come in to play too. Timing - was the market just not that full of good devs at the time? Location - you might not have lots of good .Net devs nearby. There's also a healthy amount of luck involved. We hire .Net divs, and our theory test includes a FizzBuzz and we've seen some interesting results...