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> Even worse is hiring someone merely mediocre and not actively harmful. How is hiring a mediocre developer worse than hiring a charlatan?
by jgwil2 5y ago
> Even worse is hiring someone merely mediocre and not actively harmful.
How is hiring a mediocre developer worse than hiring a charlatan?
- ghaff 5y agoI assume the logic is that, at many/most places, the charlatan may actually be let go if they really don't work out whereas the person who is just "OK" will be allowed to cruse along indefinitely. Most companies aren't pro sports teams.
- jgwil2 5y agoI get that's the logic but I think it's completely stupid. If someone is "mediocre" enough to scrape by that implies they are competent enough to get the job done. If they are not able to get the job done, then they are by definition a charlatan and will be let go.