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Really? For a startup ? Yes, you need good people, but you need good people that work in a good team. Only after some time you can check if somebody is a good
by progx 13y ago
Really? For a startup ?
Yes, you need good people, but you need good people that work in a good team.
Only after some time you can check if somebody is a good programmer or not and if he/she fit to the team or not.
All you write reminds me on big companies, they test the people, because when they hire them, they hire for many years (if you are in, you are in).
But on a small agile startup, is that really necessary?
You see within some days if somebody perform or not.
- tomblomfield 13y agoYes, for a VC-backed startup between 8 and 50 people, which is what I'm broadly trying to write about. You can check whether someone is a good programmer pretty quickly during interview & practical exercises, it turns out. The best way is a complete-in-your-own-time 2-hour coding exercise that's relevant to the job they'll be doing. The cost (both economic and in terms of team morale) of sacking someone is not inconsiderable.