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Re:Why are there so few good developers? by patio11 on Friday September 17, 2010 @11:40AM (#1701508)
I like the Spolsky thesis: there are plenty of good developers. For cultural and practical reasons, they will spend very little if any time on the public hiring market. Accordingly, almost all hiring processes identify bad developers, or good developers in very extraordinary and rare circumstances.

I am not a 95% developer, but I get some stuff done. I think I was available for hire four days of my adult life. That number will never increase.

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Re:Why are there so few good developers? by kscaldef on Friday September 17, 2010 @11:57AM (#1701571)
Right, in fact being in a recession probably makes this more stark as companies cut back and lay off underperformers. Meanwhile, high performers are more hesitant to change jobs, particularly to go work for a new company which might not survive in this economy.
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