Don't hire only self-described awesome developers

Re:Don't hire only self-described awesome developers by lifeisstillgood on Friday September 07, 2012 @02:38PM (#4490532)

Since no-one puts up adverts saying

  "wanted - crap developer, poor time-keeping, 
  rude attitude and bad test coverage a must"

then we are just going to have to put up with this.

It's just like job title inflation or real estate agent descriptions of property (You also never see "pokey little hovel for sale, noisy neighbours")

Just ignore the fluff, read the actual job and decide. I must +1 this bit - nice idea, where self-selection actually works:

  Instead, try expressing a piece of your culture or
  mission: dog-loving hacker, activist developer, 
  foodie web developer

  Or something about your development process: 
  generalist software engineer, creator of performant & 
  maintainable code, quick-and-dirty hacker

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Re:Don't hire only self-described awesome developers by libria on Friday September 07, 2012 @03:35PM (#4490784)

Flippa came close with "Seeking Mediocre Ruby Devs", http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6zrwYfQ...

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Re:Don't hire only self-described awesome developers by geoka9 on Saturday September 08, 2012 @12:47AM (#4492273)

¨... emacs users probably shouldn't bother applying." Is this a joke?

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Re:Don't hire only self-described awesome developers by Arelius on Saturday September 08, 2012 @01:07AM (#4492309)

Seems like a pretty snarky comment to put into their job posting.

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Re:Don't hire only self-described awesome developers by RegEx on Saturday September 08, 2012 @07:29AM (#4492777)

Of course it's a joke.

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Re:Don't hire only self-described awesome developers by dean on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:42PM (#4491093)

Luckily, awesome and crap, are not the only choices we have available. I agree with the OP here, just try to convey what you're looking for, and leave out the adjectives.

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