Re:How the Valley treats experienced people
by skywhopper on Sunday December 30, 2018 @09:36AM
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As mentioned by another commenter, it’s not actually easy to tell in an interview if someone is a “wizard”. And in fact if that someone has experience different from yours, you are even less well equipped to make that determination. It’s a sad irony that the person best equipped to contribute something new to the team is often overlooked exactly because the team doesn’t recognize their differing expertise as valuable.
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Re:How the Valley treats experienced people
by mtnGoat on Sunday December 30, 2018 @10:49AM
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The only dev I've worked with that I'd elevate to the wizard level... interview was a disaster, it was his first out of college, he was shy, answers were short, etc. We hired him anyways to get favor with his family, figured we would churn him out and keep everyone happy.
Best hire ever! The quiet shy kid could code circles around anyone id met prior.
Oddly he hired someone else with same degree from same well respected school, guy was not even one tenth as useful as the first hire. Third hire from same uni was junk too. That's when I really stopped looking at pedigree or even what degrees the person has, it's never proven to be a great indicator to me.
Edit;spelling.
Re:How the Valley treats experienced people
by ethagnawl on Sunday December 30, 2018 @01:30PM
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> We hired him anyways to get favor with his family, figured we would churn him out and keep everyone happy.
If you don't mind my asking, which country were/are you located in and what line of business were/are you working in?