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If you asked a musicians to perform an audition before you hired them, would you accept the response, "Sorry, I don't work for free." Would you expect a musici
by nanodano 9y ago
If you asked a musicians to perform an audition before you hired them, would you accept the response, "Sorry, I don't work for free."
Would you expect a musician to practice their instrument in their free time or only play their instrument during paid gigs?
- kilotaras 9y agoThat is a bad analogy. Supply/demand ratio of musicians is way higher then for developers.
- aminorex 9y agoI agree that it is a bad analogy, but I think it goes far beyond supply and demand differences: Music is performed mostly by muscle memory, "system 1", while code is developed mostly by ratiocination, "system 2".
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- ozim 9y agoSupply of wannabe developers is quite high.
- justboxing 9y agoIsn't that the case in all skilled professions that pay well?
- ozim 9y agoI don't think so. Development seems easy just like singing you can do it at home, have some results on your own computer. But look at talent shows, there are people who can sing and win but still do not have what it takes to build career after winning talent show. Secondly there is whole bunch of occupations that pay well like dentist but how do you even practice that without buying expensive tools.
- pault 9y agoThat's not the only reason it's a terrible analogy; Musicians are artists, developers are tradespeople. If an interview method doesn't make sense for a carpenter or an electrician, it probably doesn't make sense for a developer. That being said, I don't think there are any good proxies for whether a hire will be a good fit, so I understand the problem employers are facing.
- lmm 9y agoThe music industry is exploitative precisely because it has this dynamic. I would like the developers lifestyle to be more like that of surgeons than like that of musicians.