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The competition is fierce for whom? The company picking from a pool of developers, or the developers competing for the job? If the former, then the company is
by catacombs 9y ago
The competition is fierce for whom? The company picking from a pool of developers, or the developers competing for the job?
If the former, then the company is an advantageous position to pick someone from the pool. It's not like ZERO people will apply for the job.
If you're talking about the latter, then it's irrelevant. I'm mainly focusing on the company.
- santoriv 9y agoI think that something else to take into consideration is that hiring good people is a non-trivial problem. Folks can do well in a interview and seem amicable and then turn out to be incompetent and/or jerks later. So there is substantial risk in hiring. It seems like knowing for certain that someone is competent and works well with the rest of the team is worth A LOT.
- sotojuan 9y ago> If the former, then the company is an advantageous position to pick someone from the pool. It's not like ZERO people will apply for the job The pool of people as talented as jashkenas, that are looking for a job, and want to work in the NY Times is tiny.