JavaScript. So many bad developers, so few good ones. You get a lot of people coming to interview.
What Programming Languages Do You Struggle To Hire For?
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#22Speaking as someone who has done a little hiring (i.e. authorized to hire two more people for my team at BigCorp) the answer is "All of them". I'm not being facetious, I seriously mean that. The skilled people you want are a scarce resource in a world of high demand. The recruiters shotgun anyone whose resume buzzword-matches at least 25% of the job posting. It just sucks. Imho, your best bet is to develop relationsh…
This. We find it hard to find skilled developers across all the languages we need. The good ones are all hired and highly paid.
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#23Or, to put it another way, why are you so averse to investing in people/your company that you're looking for the finished article on the job market, rather than finding good people and helping them learn the specific skills you need?
I had written something on this. I remember speaking to 2 people in a company who needed someone with X years in Silverlight and they weren't considering anyone who didn't have those on their resume. 6 months later they still had an open position and were still trying to hire someone.
http://gillesleblanc.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/hire-talent-no...
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#24Speaking as someone who has done a little hiring (i.e. authorized to hire two more people for my team at BigCorp) the answer is "All of them". I'm not being facetious, I seriously mean that. The skilled people you want are a scarce resource in a world of high demand. The recruiters shotgun anyone whose resume buzzword-matches at least 25% of the job posting. It just sucks. Imho, your best bet is to develop relationsh…
> Imho, your best bet is to develop relationships with the sorts of people you wish you could hire and offer them something interesting when you hear they're considering a move.
A great way to do this is to 1) contribute back to open source projects on a regular basis and 2) send your talent out to conferences. Companies spend tons of cash marketing their products and won't spend relative peanuts on showing off their top talent and technical achievements to the wider developer community.
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#25Speaking as someone who has done a little hiring (i.e. authorized to hire two more people for my team at BigCorp) the answer is "All of them". I'm not being facetious, I seriously mean that. The skilled people you want are a scarce resource in a world of high demand. The recruiters shotgun anyone whose resume buzzword-matches at least 25% of the job posting. It just sucks. Imho, your best bet is to develop relationsh…
We're currently trying to hire one or two people in Aalborg, Denmark. Getting anyone with skills beyond C# or Java for a smallish company is next to impossible. We're looking for Python and/or Javascript skills, preferably working knowledge of Unix. We've gotten may one real application, it's strikes me as a bit strange, I would have loved to have had open positions like ours when I graduated. An open position in boo…
I'm in Canada but I'd be willing to relocate in a heartbeat if what you say is true.
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#26We don't struggle to hire programmers for languages. The struggle is find programmers who understand the concepts we need them to understand. That, and Android developers.
I've noticed that about Android Developers. I prefer iOS development but have a little more professional Android experience and at least 3 times a week I get emails from recruiters about new positions. I think it might be time to really focus on Android.
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#27Or, to put it another way, why are you so averse to investing in people/your company that you're looking for the finished article on the job market, rather than finding good people and helping them learn the specific skills you need?
Because we need a solution now and can't take time to teach you anything. Can you start last week? /s
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#28Don't hire someone for their knowledge in a specific language! (Unless you're doing some very core work in that language) Hire someone who knows the concepts behind most languages, and can easily understand new ones.
Agreed. Having that skill is what separates the mediocre from the exceptional.
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#29GPU programmers who know CUDA
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#30Speaking as someone who has done a little hiring (i.e. authorized to hire two more people for my team at BigCorp) the answer is "All of them". I'm not being facetious, I seriously mean that. The skilled people you want are a scarce resource in a world of high demand. The recruiters shotgun anyone whose resume buzzword-matches at least 25% of the job posting. It just sucks. Imho, your best bet is to develop relationsh…
We're currently trying to hire one or two people in Aalborg, Denmark. Getting anyone with skills beyond C# or Java for a smallish company is next to impossible. We're looking for Python and/or Javascript skills, preferably working knowledge of Unix. We've gotten may one real application, it's strikes me as a bit strange, I would have loved to have had open positions like ours when I graduated. An open position in boo…
In case you weren't aware, one place to post python jobs is http://www.python.org/community/jobs/
If you don't live in a tech-heavy region, you should also consider hiring someone remote. https://weworkremotely.com/ is one board that seems popular (operated by the 37 signals guys iirc).