If I were running Twitter.

Re:If I were running Twitter. by benatkin on Thursday August 30, 2012 @01:12AM (#4453080)

Good for a laugh. The terrible advice starts early, though. If you start hiring developers without a good screening process a large percent of them will be developers who can't find a job anywhere else, often for good reasons. Classic Joel Spolsky.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/01/27.html

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Re:If I were running Twitter. by orangethirty on Thursday August 30, 2012 @01:16AM (#4453095)

Let's do a quick fill in the blank quizz here.

If you start hiring _______ without a good screening process a large number of them will be _______ who can't find a job anywhere else, often for good reasons.

    a. developers
    b. managers
    c. plumbers
    d. mechanics

I didn't say I would keep them all, did I? :)

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Re:If I were running Twitter. by mcpie on Thursday August 30, 2012 @03:46AM (#4453514)

Firing people is fucking expensive.

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