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Have you ever had to actually hire?
by neonsunset 2y ago
Have you ever had to actually hire?
- rednafi 2y agoMultiple times; both in the US and Western Europe. Hiring Juniors for C# was harder than finding Python and Ruby people.
- sn9 2y agoThey're juniors. You just teach them. They probably already know Java anyway.
- zerkten 2y agoIt's a top-heavy market because the industry-wide growth and momentum was 2001-2008. Since that period, the available alternatives for entry into a dev career have increased. Python/Ruby/JavaScript tend to be what most juniors are encouraged to focus on. There are new waves of C# enthusiasts, but the growth in dev overall has drowned it out.
- rednafi 2y agoCould be, but the wave is against OO languages, and unfortunately, juniors often show unwarranted disregard for the paradigm. We’ve had good interviewees who flat-out told us they weren’t interested in working with any Microsoft stack—including C#, .NET, and Azure—and they definitely weren’t the only ones. Betting on Python, JS, and Go is way safer, and many new startups reflect that.
- neonsunset 2y agoI'm surprised you've had trouble finding juniors in this market. What sources were used to build the candidate pool? I'm even more surprised to hear that finding Ruby juniors was easier.
- rednafi 2y agoEasier than C#. Python was the easiest, followed by Node.
- neonsunset 2y agoThe other part of the question was conveniently ignored :)