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False dichotomy. Ask yourself a slightly different question: can we hire someone with skill and experience? And the answer to that is not "I know someone with w
by m0nty 18y ago
False dichotomy. Ask yourself a slightly different question: can we hire someone with skill and experience? And the answer to that is not "I know someone with wild skillz who does all these kewl demos but he hasn't worked on a big project yet." Learning to program for a big project is a skill in itself, so I think you need to get an excellent programmer who is also good at building large apps and can prove it.
- babul 18y agoYes, I absolutely agree. It goes without saying, but in this case I was curious to see thoughts on the vs issue i.e. if you had to go for one or the other what you would base it on.
- m0nty 18y agoWell, there are plenty of people with experience but no talent, and you'd want to avoid those at all costs. But talent with no experience might work.