Same in our company, where I am tasked with phone screening and it's been horrible to interview junior candidates because most of them are looking for good salary rather than passion for computer science or solving the problems not seen before. Ironically, most of them have completed Master's in computer science as well.
My anecdotes are the complete opposite of yours, so I guess they cancel out :)
Re:Hire people who aren’t proven
by technofiend on Thursday September 27, 2018 @12:00PM
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You ever read any of Michael Lewis' work? He's written several books now that are thematically similar but he's famous for writing an expose of Wall Street's Solomon Brothers called "Liar's Poker". It was fairly critical of Wall Street and its practices but was also filled with lurid descriptions of what the traders got up to with their new found wealth.
He was regularly contacted for years afterwards by people wondering how they too could get a high paying job on Wall Street.
Re:Hire people who aren’t proven
by zschuessler on Thursday September 27, 2018 @12:28PM
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I have not but much appreciate you taking the time to recommend it! Looks like a good read, I just purchased it.
We are always open to junior engineers, but lately it has been rough interviewing them. It's common to see applicants with no real world experience asking for $100/hour. About half didn't have a portfolio anywhere, but said they could get a recommendation from their bootcamp instructor.
One of our last ten junior applicants had a passion for software. 9/10 of the last applicants were motivated by money and asked for ~$100/hour rates. We've stopped actively interviewing juniors because of it.
We live in a very affordable city, too.