Nope. Dont know how much experience you have of trying to hire developers, but the majority out there (even the ones with years of experience) don't pass the m

Nope. Dont know how much experience you have of trying to hire developers, but the majority out there (even the ones with years of experience) don't pass the most basic of criteria for the job. Our test for hiring is a simple app that can take a value, decrement a balance and show if the new balance is negative or not. I've seen some of the tests that come in, 80%+ of the applicants fail to do this. A non-neglible amount will send in something that doesn't even compile. Good developers are rare IME. Another mate of mine that has to hire developers says he's lucky if 10% of the people who apply and get to the interview turn out they can actually write code.