> Not to mention that after not touching any code for a whole year I'd be questioning your ability to be doing technical hires in the first place. Let's not ge

> Not to mention that after not touching any code for a whole year I'd be questioning your ability to be doing technical hires in the first place. Let's not get carried away. Programming isn't easy, but are you really saying that after 1 year not coding, you can't do technical work? 1 year is maternity/paternity leave in some countries, do you really think that people coming back from maternity/paternity leave can't code any more?