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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by anarazel on Friday April 12, 2019 @12:44PM (#19646478)
Maybe I'm just a grump, but: 5% is pretty low number for training people up. Perhaps that's just the "hit the books on your own, but during work time" portion? If it includes other things (talking people though a project that's on the edge of their capabilities, discussing the architecture of important project from an educational perspective, ...) then it seems pretty low.

EDIT: non-phone spelling

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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by EliRivers on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:02PM (#19646698)
It is, I believe from talking to others and my own experience, significantly higher than the average (outside the mystical FAANG etc).

The average is basically zero.

Talking people through things at the edge of their capabilities and discussing the architecture etc that they need to know; that's just doing the actual job, surely.

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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by ikeyany on Sunday April 14, 2019 @01:15PM (#19660496)
5% = 2 hours out of the entire week

It's basically 4 conversations and that's it.

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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by maxxxxx on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:17PM (#19646877)
5% is pretty low to basically nothing. I agree.
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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by EliRivers on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:20PM (#19646918)
It's very low and, from my own experience, significantly higher than average.

My experiences are almost entirely UK based, outside big name or hip companies.

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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by maxxxxx on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:51PM (#19647863)
True. Usually training is 0%.
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