Re:Ask HN: What do you think is the ideal programming interv...
by sheepmullet on Thursday June 11, 2015 @05:23AM
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Spot on!
Maybe 1 in 10 will pass the initial filter and yet be a crap developer/bad fit. You can quickly spot these people in the first month and kindly show them the door.
The cost works out to be <2 weeks salary per hire. And as an added benefit you wont pass over good devs.
The 2 months serverance means the employee has time to find another job, and makes firing them a LOT easier.
Maybe 1 in 10 will pass the initial filter and yet be a crap developer/bad fit. You can quickly spot these people in the first month and kindly show them the door.
The cost works out to be <2 weeks salary per hire. And as an added benefit you wont pass over good devs.
The 2 months serverance means the employee has time to find another job, and makes firing them a LOT easier.