The reverse job applicant

Re:The reverse job applicant by Retric on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @02:47PM (#1808239)

I have helped plenty of people solve problems in languages I don't know. I would not suggest that this makes me an expert or even all that unusual. However, I suspect that a great C++ programmer would be more useful to a Python project than an average Python programmer in about 3 weeks.

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Re:The reverse job applicant by Kadrith on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @08:02PM (#1809364)

Is the person who hires you willing to risk their reputation or job that a C++ programmer can do the job when there may be other Python programmers out there?

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Re:The reverse job applicant by Retric on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @11:49PM (#1809886)

I have never gotten a job because I was a specialist in the specific language they wanted. From what I have seen the most important questions are can the program and will they flake out. After that it's just a question of how well they fit into the team.

PS: Outside of a tiny startup few people really risk much with any given new hire.

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