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How Fast Should I Expect New Programmers to Start Producing?

Posted by davidg11 on Sunday April 23, 2017 @12:35PM
from the self-post dept.

Have a couple new employees, virtual office type setup; angel funded. We typically start with bugs and then roll forward to minor features. Most coding in GO with Angular on the front end.Whats a reasonable timeframe to expect solid code contributions? These employees have 3-8 years of experience.

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This should not penalize you at all for jobs, if anything the opposite.

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