When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re selling

Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by C1sc0cat on Monday January 21, 2019 @04:30AM (#18958998)

You obviously haven't seen Mark Kermodes series on the BBC where he covers exactly this.

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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by cududa on Monday January 21, 2019 @04:57AM (#18959154)

Why talk to someone so condescendingly? I mean, what percentage of people do you epxpect to HAVE seen this bit of obscure media you seem to hold as seminal?

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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by C1sc0cat on Monday January 21, 2019 @05:50AM (#18959403)

If the parent makes the unjustified statement that all cinema reviewers no know nothing about how film is made why not.

And I was not being condescending BTW.

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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by function_seven on Monday January 21, 2019 @06:54AM (#18959722)

Parent made no such statement. Read it again:

> The greatest movie critics probably can't direct or write for crap

They may know a lot about how a film is made. It does not follow that they could sit in the director's chair, or write a decent screenplay. (And yet, they could still be great at critiquing films!)

This is a valid point. Just knowing how something is made doesn't necessarily mean you know how to make it. It's the difference between a designer and an implementer. Or architect and builder.

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