Comments on: How NOT to Hire an Engineer http://www.chickenwingsw.com/scratches/programming/how-not-to-hire-an-engineer Developing ideas on developing. Fri, 20 May 2011 10:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jobless http://www.chickenwingsw.com/scratches/programming/how-not-to-hire-an-engineer/comment-page-1#comment-28221 Jobless Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:12:56 +0000 http://www.chickenwingsw.com/?p=216#comment-28221 I may be the only one...but I won't even apply for a job that I don't think I'm qualified for. And thats pretty much any job where they want a bunch of experience with some ultra-specific obscure software that I could learn in less than a week. I may be the only one…but I won’t even apply for a job that I don’t think I’m qualified for. And thats pretty much any job where they want a bunch of experience with some ultra-specific obscure software that I could learn in less than a week.

]]> By: Typical http://www.chickenwingsw.com/scratches/programming/how-not-to-hire-an-engineer/comment-page-1#comment-27856 Typical Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:37:20 +0000 http://www.chickenwingsw.com/?p=216#comment-27856 I think they deserve to hire automatons and liars if they can't treat real engineers with respect. http://www.richard-banks.org/2009/08/some-developers-just-cant-develop.html I think they deserve to hire automatons and liars if they can’t treat real engineers with respect.

http://www.richard-banks.org/2009/08/some-developers-just-cant-develop.html

]]> By: Frustrated About Seattle http://www.chickenwingsw.com/scratches/programming/how-not-to-hire-an-engineer/comment-page-1#comment-27854 Frustrated About Seattle Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:09:21 +0000 http://www.chickenwingsw.com/?p=216#comment-27854 Thank you so much for writing this. I'm really hoping that this attitude is where our industry will trend. I am sick of the bullshit "8 years experience with xxxx" requirement thrown up by "recruiters" and "hr" people who don't understand development. <br /><br /> People also fail to grasp parallels and how easy it is for a good programmer to learn something new. Take for example someone with lots of ability in Java, C, and Python. How hard will it be for them to pick up Ruby from a cold start? <br /><br /> And if they are great at all three of Java, C, and Python, then they'll probably be better at Ruby than someone who has "6 years experience with Rails" exclusively. Thank you so much for writing this. I’m really hoping that this attitude is where our industry will trend. I am sick of the bullshit “8 years experience with xxxx” requirement thrown up by “recruiters” and “hr” people who don’t understand development.

People also fail to grasp parallels and how easy it is for a good programmer to learn something new. Take for example someone with lots of ability in Java, C, and Python. How hard will it be for them to pick up Ruby from a cold start?

And if they are great at all three of Java, C, and Python, then they’ll probably be better at Ruby than someone who has “6 years experience with Rails” exclusively.

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