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On occasion I have long complicated discussions with companies about how hard it to find developers. Assuming they're actually asking for a sane skill-set the p
by adrianhoward 15y ago
On occasion I have long complicated discussions with companies about how hard it to find developers. Assuming they're actually asking for a sane skill-set the problem is usually down to two factors:
1) Not paying enough
2) Not doing interesting work
(with the very occasional 3 of "having a bloody awful reputation")
The trick is, of course, finding a non-blunt way of getting this across :-)
- dasil003 15y agoI think companies can get away with both those things if they have a good engineering culture. That is to say, if they respect the engineers enough to let them have a higher problem solving role than simply implementing what some non-technical manager passes down.
- adrianhoward 15y agoSurely "let them have a higher problem solving role" == doing interesting work? :-)
- dasil003 15y agoYes I would agree with that, though it's non-obvious. I mean the best solution could be a CRUD app that would be the very epitome of boring to many seasoned programmers, and yet I think there will always be some smart programmers who will find it interesting if for no other reason then that they personally haven't done that type of thing before.
- yxhuvud 15y ago4) Doing interesting work but not being able express that to prospective developers.
- adrianhoward 15y agoThat's not one I've ever come across - interesting. Wonder how common it is.