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Re:Rails 5.2 by desireco42 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:05PM (#15799038)
I think you are very narrow minded here. It takes considerable cost to hire developers if you have code debt and the kind you get are quite different. It is really not something that is wasteful, quite the contrary.

Also, I have yet to meet a team that has all the developers it wants, with all the expertise they desire. Maybe FB and Google, most other places need to focus their talent on what will bring best value.

It actually makes more sense on bigger codebases then on smaller.

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Re:Rails 5.2 by slimed on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:43PM (#15799465)
They would get much more value out of their team if they took the time to help them to be proper software developers. Companies these days do not focus nearly enough on mentorship and continuing education. Instead they hire a team, treat them like code monkeys, then pay big bucks to expensive contractors to do big upgrades and rewrites.
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Re:Rails 5.2 by desireco42 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:00PM (#15800269)
I agree with you completely, they spend a ton of time to hire you, only to ignore you the second you say yes :), or give you completely innapropriate working conditions. So all your expertise you were so happy to get and bring to the table, can't use it.
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