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Good for a laugh. The terrible advice starts early, though. If you start hiring developers without a good screening process a large percent of them will be developers who can't find a job anywhere else, often for good reasons. Classic Joel Spolsky.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/01/27.html



Let's do a quick fill in the blank quizz here.

If you start hiring _______ without a good screening process a large number of them will be _______ who can't find a job anywhere else, often for good reasons.

    a. developers
    b. managers
    c. plumbers
    d. mechanics
I didn't say I would keep them all, did I? :)


Firing people is fucking expensive.




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