> To be clear, dev roles can be difficult, demanding jobs. I’m not diminishing that, just reigning it back into the realm of reality. The industry treats hiring

> To be clear, dev roles can be difficult, demanding jobs. I’m not diminishing that, just reigning it back into the realm of reality. The industry treats hiring like people are going to die if we make mistakes, and unless that is actually true maybe it’s worth asking if what we’re doing is actually reflective of the job requirements. This I agree with. I'd also say that our worst mistakes have generally not been technical, though I don't want to go into the specifics here. It matters more that you get the right person with the right skills for more senior hires, because they can have an outsized impact on business and delivery outcomes. I've seen the wrong person running a team lead to 6 months of rework when they left, as an example.