Yes, we'd all love to hire only geniuses, but what do you do when you put out a job req and no geniuses apply? Refuse to hire anyone? Easiest: upgrade your lan

Yes, we'd all love to hire only geniuses, but what do you do when you put out a job req and no geniuses apply? Refuse to hire anyone? Easiest: upgrade your language. http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/how-any-software-company-can-cross-the-developer-divide/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/how-any-softw... Harder: expand your "social surface area" by going to conferences, because the best programmers find jobs (just as the best jobs are filled) through social connections before anything is "posted". You actually have to network a lot harder when you're hiring than when you're looking for a job.