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My counterpoint is that it takes time for someone to become productive in a tech job. In my pocket of the industry, I'd say as long as 3-9 months. In fact, in t
by rich_sasha 2y ago
My counterpoint is that it takes time for someone to become productive in a tech job. In my pocket of the industry, I'd say as long as 3-9 months. In fact, in that time the employee is a time sink: you get less done as you're still onboarding the employee.
So if they are going to leave after a year, that's a big disincentive to hire, regardless of how they are at problem solving.
Sure, there's good reasons to leave quickly, but if these stack up, I'm inclined to pass.
- CPLNTN 2y agoI’ve seen this point used a lot and never agreed to it. I think it’s true only for big already established companies/systems, and absolutely not true for startups and consulting jobs. Especially because in those type of environments companies tends to hire for specific tech stacks and business knowledge.
- rich_sasha 2y agoI'm talking about finance, and not the big company end of it. Every company ends up doing things in a very custom way, and it does take a long time to train people up, even in small operations.