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Do you really have to have a Django developer specifically? In my mind, a good programmer is a good programmer and understands a thing or two about this stuff.

Do you really have to have a Django developer specifically? In my mind, a good programmer is a good programmer and understands a thing or two about this stuff. I think you want a good programmer first, regardless of whether they have a great deal of experience in whatever the obscure framework du jour is or what have you. But other than that I do tend to agree with you.

nl 16y ago
Do you really have to have a Django developer specifically? If it is specified as a Django project, then a good programmer who doesn't know Django fits into the Hire someone who has done zero Django sites, or a few sites of less complexity than what you want implemented. This person will clearly be tech savvy, understanding what you want and promising the world. category. I agree with the parent posts conclusions on that.
- dinkumthinkum 16y ago
  I don't know. The idea that that person would be of slightly lower quality or just in a honeymoon phase, or even naive I think is a bit much of you have a very experienced programmer that just hasn't done Django. I just quibble with the implication of lower quality, naivete, and "promissing the world."
  - nl 16y ago
    Ok - put it like this: I've been doing web facing Java apps for over 10 years, every weekday, for at least 8 hours a day. And yet, I still learn new stuff every single day. Sometimes not little things either - things that can save hours, maybe days of work. I've met many better programmers than me. But I know my shit, and I bet I could get a Java webapp up & running quicker than someone like say Donald Knuth, simply because I've done it so many times before. I've done some Python and Django, but based on my Java experience I know someone with a couple of years experience with it would destroy me if we were racing to build an app. And from the client's point of view, it's always a race because time is money.
    - dinkumthinkum 16y ago
      I disagree and fail to see how that answers my issue but the real killer here is that if that is sole criteria, whether the person has experience with this particular framework, why pick something so niche as Django? Is that the best decision given this mentality?

nl 16y ago

Do you really have to have a Django developer specifically? If it is specified as a Django project, then a good programmer who doesn't know Django fits into the Hire someone who has done zero Django sites, or a few sites of less complexity than what you want implemented. This person will clearly be tech savvy, understanding what you want and promising the world. category. I agree with the parent posts conclusions on that.

dinkumthinkum 16y ago
I don't know. The idea that that person would be of slightly lower quality or just in a honeymoon phase, or even naive I think is a bit much of you have a very experienced programmer that just hasn't done Django. I just quibble with the implication of lower quality, naivete, and "promissing the world."
- nl 16y ago
  Ok - put it like this: I've been doing web facing Java apps for over 10 years, every weekday, for at least 8 hours a day. And yet, I still learn new stuff every single day. Sometimes not little things either - things that can save hours, maybe days of work. I've met many better programmers than me. But I know my shit, and I bet I could get a Java webapp up & running quicker than someone like say Donald Knuth, simply because I've done it so many times before. I've done some Python and Django, but based on my Java experience I know someone with a couple of years experience with it would destroy me if we were racing to build an app. And from the client's point of view, it's always a race because time is money.
  - dinkumthinkum 16y ago
    I disagree and fail to see how that answers my issue but the real killer here is that if that is sole criteria, whether the person has experience with this particular framework, why pick something so niche as Django? Is that the best decision given this mentality?