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In my country there is an industry in setting up your software company to simulate university life to attract the newly educated developers. You’ll get cheap,
by moksly 6y ago
In my country there is an industry in setting up your software company to simulate university life to attract the newly educated developers.
You’ll get cheap, extremely motivated employees, who spend almost all their time at your company thanks to boardgame/role play/pizza nights and you get them to keep up-to-date on techs by having them do weekly tech-workshops and presentations.
They produce a lot of cheap code, sometimes the quality is decent, other tones it isn’t, and their most talented developers tend to leave for “adult” jobs after a few years, but overall it has been a very successful strategy.
- ErikAugust 6y agoIs your country America?
- adverbly 6y agoIt sounds like America, except for the hiring for cheap bit... American companies pay a lot more on avg for their devs than other countries.
- scruple 6y agoBut younger engineers can be had more cheaply than experienced engineers. There is also a culture of having to prove yourself which often leads to junior engineers taking positions with companies that are toxic and which dramatically underpay them in order to get some years of experience. I think in our pandemic world, there is also a problem where people who may want to change jobs, due to poor working conditions, will stay put in fear of losing their pay check. These things and more, I'm sure, all compound against all of us, but I think can be felt more strongly at the lower end of the experience range.
- aloisdg 6y agoFrance's startup scene is quite like this.
- javier10e6 6y agooh yeah, the "pizza" party. 50+ developer here. As I age, pizza and games feel more like going to Chuckee Cheese (a US pizza chain for children's birthday parties). I rather watch a soccer match at the nearest bar or play freesbee in the parking lot.