Re:How to Hire More Women at Your Startup
by aeonsky on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @12:10AM
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No joke. Been looking for a mid Java dev for a year. 4 C#/C++/Python/Ruby applicants later, we promoted from within.
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What I see from your comment is:
1) There was no immediate need to hire
2) You turned down 4 candidates. C#/C++ experience is quite transferrable to Java except at very advanced levels
3) Finally, you promoted the guy who was there all along and could have been doing the job for the whole year already
Basically, there is a shortage of software engineers, but they must possess very specific skills and have lots of experience. All the others are not considered suitable candidates for most positions.