Re: Finding WO people for startups
Re: Finding WO people for startups
- Subject: Re: Finding WO people for startups
- From: Your Friend The Atom <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:08:41 -0700
Those that are willing to learn, dare think it's necessary to learn for the good of the company and their career, are still around and available. At the same time be easy on prospective employees when asking the unrealistic programming question.
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Paul Yu
<email@hidden> wrote:
My experience with hiring programmers.
Type 1: Chasing after the next job. The only reason that they want your job is so it prepares them for their next job. They want the acronyms of the day to beef up their resume. These guys usually have a lot of acronyms and certifications on their resume already. These people would not want to learn WebObjects, and you probably don't want to hire these people for you lean startup any way.
Type 2: Good programmers. Good programmers are hard to find in this very competitive environment. Good programmers in the java space, when presented with WebObjects will appreciate its elegance and want to learn it. However, if I were a good programmer today, I would be learning iOS development first.
The challenge that we face as a community is that Apple has pulled a lot of people into their vortex. There are not many WebObjects ready people available to help on projects any more. So even small startups like my own will need to look at growing our own teams. As suggested, a good existing project/program will help new people transition easier, but without good training... This is a chicken-egg problem. Without the demand for the training...
I wish this was easier...
Paul
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