Re:Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews
by gaius on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @01:06PM
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That is subtly wrong, because there are really two things there: there is the language itself, and there is what has already been built with it. Say you get a really strong Perl guy, but you use Python. At a startup, he just has to learn the language. At a big company, he has to learn the language and the last decade's worth of codebase.
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Re:Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews
by 727374 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:37PM
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You are missing the point - startups don't always have the time/money to train someone in a new language. That's why they are looking for Javascript Ninjas who can hit the ground running. Established firms inherently have money to invest in training if they choose to.
Re:Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews
by georgemcbay on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:37PM
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If you have hired the right person they will very quickly "train" themselves and the only cost to you will be a slightly slower start (which will resolve itself in days to a couple of weeks max) at producing real code.
Well worth it if the alternative is hiring someone who knows the language/framework you're working in, but pretty much only knows that language/framework.