Re:Low-code is not a cure for overworked IT departments
by jjav on Thursday December 08, 2022 @05:12PM
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> "Good developers" are hard to find. Average developers aren't even easy to find nevermind ones that are actually good.
That's really not true. You don't need to find a Linus or Ken Thompson for that enterprise system. All you need is developers with sufficient maturity to not be distracted by shiny objects, who are proud to build reliable secure systems with the most boring technology applicable (complexity is the enemy of everything, including security, availability and maintainability). These people are easy to find. Yes, you still have to treat them humanely and pay fairly, but finding them is easy.
One factor that may seem to make them difficult to find is the current interviewing landscape. If your hiring process is laser focused on hiring leetcode ninjas, you will staff teams full of leetcode ninjas. I will say the union between the sets (leetcode ninjas) and (maturity to favor stable solutions) isn't super huge.
If for anyone who is doing leetcode hiring (not specifically leetcode, but that mindset) and finding hiring competent people difficult, I can suggest to change your hiring practices and your world will change dramatically.
(Or don't, leaving even more competent developers for me to find even easier.)
That's really not true. You don't need to find a Linus or Ken Thompson for that enterprise system. All you need is developers with sufficient maturity to not be distracted by shiny objects, who are proud to build reliable secure systems with the most boring technology applicable (complexity is the enemy of everything, including security, availability and maintainability). These people are easy to find. Yes, you still have to treat them humanely and pay fairly, but finding them is easy.
One factor that may seem to make them difficult to find is the current interviewing landscape. If your hiring process is laser focused on hiring leetcode ninjas, you will staff teams full of leetcode ninjas. I will say the union between the sets (leetcode ninjas) and (maturity to favor stable solutions) isn't super huge.
If for anyone who is doing leetcode hiring (not specifically leetcode, but that mindset) and finding hiring competent people difficult, I can suggest to change your hiring practices and your world will change dramatically.
(Or don't, leaving even more competent developers for me to find even easier.)