I can agree with hiring novices and then giving them what they need to learn. We hired two women from Fullstack Academy (NYC) and they turned out to be amazing.

I can agree with hiring novices and then giving them what they need to learn. We hired two women from Fullstack Academy (NYC) and they turned out to be amazing. They were novices, but incredibly motivated and talented. Both of them had had other interesting careers, and for both of them they were changing careers to get into computer programming. Now we are expanding the team so we are hiring another of their classmates, who they have strongly recommended to me.