Comments on: How to Find Crappy Programmers http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/ Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:14:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How I Got 50k Visitors to My Blog in One Month | Guide you become a successful blogger http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-3/#comment-567 How I Got 50k Visitors to My Blog in One Month | Guide you become a successful blogger Mon, 31 May 2010 07:12:32 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-567 [...] husband and I had worked for years in the software development industry, so we had a lot of axes to grind, dirty laundry to air and big ideas to use as fodder for the content. My goal was to take a stand [...] [...] husband and I had worked for years in the software development industry, so we had a lot of axes to grind, dirty laundry to air and big ideas to use as fodder for the content. My goal was to take a stand [...]

]]> By: Tom R, Cambridge UK http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-3/#comment-563 Tom R, Cambridge UK Sun, 30 May 2010 21:38:37 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-563 There are a shockingly large number of donkeys out there writing code for a living, it's true. You wonder how any job ever gets completed. Over the years various truths have become self-evident. (1) It's all about aptitude. Some people can programme from birth, more or less. Conversely, rubbish coders stay rubbish, regardless of how many years they plug away. One of the best developers I ever recruited was a biochemist whose only previous software experience was a bit of VB within his post-doc work. (2) Coding is coding. If you have a crafty, clever engineer who's only programmed in one language, far better to get him or her in than a dullard who's done terribly mediocre work over a wide range of platforms. A new language is just new syntax; a sharp cookie will hoover it up in weeks. (3) Money doesn't always come into it. The most productive place I ever worked was the worst paid; then I went to work for banks, and there were vast hordes of dimwits being paid silly money. There are a shockingly large number of donkeys out there writing code for a living, it’s true. You wonder how any job ever gets completed. Over the years various truths have become self-evident.
(1) It’s all about aptitude. Some people can programme from birth, more or less. Conversely, rubbish coders stay rubbish, regardless of how many years they plug away. One of the best developers I ever recruited was a biochemist whose only previous software experience was a bit of VB within his post-doc work.
(2) Coding is coding. If you have a crafty, clever engineer who’s only programmed in one language, far better to get him or her in than a dullard who’s done terribly mediocre work over a wide range of platforms. A new language is just new syntax; a sharp cookie will hoover it up in weeks.
(3) Money doesn’t always come into it. The most productive place I ever worked was the worst paid; then I went to work for banks, and there were vast hordes of dimwits being paid silly money.

]]> By: "R" http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-409 "R" Fri, 07 May 2010 04:37:36 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-409 This is right on. I saw some dumb ass HR people on dice.com write descriptions like this. (for all the skills required as in Expert Level) "PHP, C#.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, VB Script, VB6, Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, Perl, jQuery, Ajax, SOAP, MS SQL, MySQL, WordPress, Drupal" ALL expert levels on those skills. Then there is a bunch of other stuff they have in there. That primarily translates to ... YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING. Where do they get these guys? This is right on.

I saw some dumb ass HR people on dice.com write descriptions like this. (for all the skills required as in Expert Level)

“PHP, C#.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, VB Script, VB6, Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, Perl, jQuery, Ajax, SOAP, MS SQL, MySQL, WordPress, Drupal”

ALL expert levels on those skills. Then there is a bunch of other stuff they have in there.

That primarily translates to … YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING.

Where do they get these guys?

]]> By: Kelly French http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-389 Kelly French Wed, 05 May 2010 14:41:31 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-389 This must be how all the <a href="http://codewright.blogspot.com/2005/12/codewright-and-code-monkey.html" rel="nofollow">Code Monkeys get hired</a> This must be how all the Code Monkeys get hired

]]> By: Eduardo Bregaida http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-388 Eduardo Bregaida Wed, 05 May 2010 13:27:38 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-388 Very good =) Congratulations =) Very good =)
Congratulations =)

]]> By: joel garry http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-376 joel garry Tue, 04 May 2010 00:23:24 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-376 ...eight years ago I wrote: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.misc/browse_thread/thread/de997e90b420ab14/b6eb750bd702dbb2 …eight years ago I wrote: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.misc/browse_thread/thread/de997e90b420ab14/b6eb750bd702dbb2

]]> By: How I Got 50k Visitors to My Blog in One Month - Remarkablogger http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-374 How I Got 50k Visitors to My Blog in One Month - Remarkablogger Mon, 03 May 2010 16:14:22 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-374 [...] husband and I had worked for years in the software development industry, so we had a lot of axes to grind, dirty laundry to air and big ideas to use as fodder for the content. My goal was to take a stand [...] [...] husband and I had worked for years in the software development industry, so we had a lot of axes to grind, dirty laundry to air and big ideas to use as fodder for the content. My goal was to take a stand [...]

]]> By: Gadget Newz http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-367 Gadget Newz Sat, 01 May 2010 17:45:55 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-367 [...] How to Find Crappy Programmers | Code Anthem [...] [...] How to Find Crappy Programmers | Code Anthem [...]

]]> By: test http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-331 test Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:07:52 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-331 I like the last one. Never able to convert my resume in OpenOffice format to word doc correctly. I like the last one. Never able to convert my resume in OpenOffice format to word doc correctly.

]]> By: droope http://codeanthem.latchbabies.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-hire-crappy-programmers-the-job-post/comment-page-2/#comment-313 droope Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:12:24 +0000 http://codeanthem.com/blog/?p=64#comment-313 LOL!!!! "This is a special treat for Java/UNIX developers." LOL!!!!

“This is a special treat for Java/UNIX developers.”

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