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Out here in SV it is almost unheard of; if someone is not working out after 90 or 180 or 365 days you drop them and move on. It is definitely a sellers market
by evgen 16y ago
Out here in SV it is almost unheard of; if someone is not working out after 90 or 180 or 365 days you drop them and move on. It is definitely a sellers market for talent here and anyone who is worthwhile enough to make an offer to is not going to put with an explicit probationary period (since everyone is a at-will employee and general non-competes are worthless the concept is pretty much a moot point anyway...)
- staunch 16y agoThe advantage of the contract with a specific project is two fold: 1) It makes it very easy for either party to end the relationship in a natural and simple way. Minimal hurt feelings/embarrassment/harm to morale, etc. 2) The project is at least semi-isolated so it's very clear how skilled the person is. They don't get lost in some "training" mode as a new hire spending 6 months "ramping up" on the primary codebase. They (hopefully) get an early win and earn respect and confidence from the beginning.
- Stormbringer 16y agoThe obvious disadvantage is that if you do hire a really good developer for a short project, they will have to start looking for their next contract almost straight away, and so you are likely to miss out on converting them to full time. By the time you've figured out they're good at what they do, they have another offer (at contracting rates).