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Nice way of hiring but is it really worth it to give the public a trip to Maui (kinda expensive these days) Does it really reveal that much talent to make it w
by sudo_cowsay 7mo ago
Nice way of hiring but is it really worth it to give the public a trip to Maui (kinda expensive these days)
Does it really reveal that much talent to make it worth the money?
Just curious
- armandhammer10 7mo agoIt's less about the money. It's about giving people a chance to do something fun / show off their skills and get rewarded for it. Plus, Hawaii is awesome.
- dr_kiszonka 7mo agoI think it is a fun contest! As for recruitment, it suggests to me you are looking for people with no kids, and possibly young people.
- nylonstrung 7mo agoAppreciate this, very cool of you to do that
- tgsovlerkhgsel 7mo agoThe prizes (Maui trip, second/third prizes, swag kits, shipping for the swag kits) probably cost around $20k in total. Assuming an engineer costs $200k/year, 200 effective working days per year, that's 1k/day. Developing the contest (from the idea to building the rules to building the site to playtesting) likely cost more than 20 eng-days, making it the biggest cost. Hiring is expensive. If it takes 30 minutes to screen one candidate for suitability for the "real" interview and 5h to do a "real" interview (including evaluation etc.), 5 screenings for one interview-worthy candidate and 5 interviews for one hire (I suspect the real factors might be closer to 10), that's 12.5h of screening and 25h of interviewing per hire.
- boutell 7mo agoSure, hiring is expensive, but firing is really expensive! I salute your efforts to get it right on the first try.
- AndrewKemendo 7mo agoWay less than you would pay for a recruiter they usually ask for a non trivial percentage of the first year salary