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Hiring Programmers and The High Cost of Low Quality

Posted by CmdrTaco on

An anonymous reader writes "Why is it so hard to find good programmers? And why should companies favor hiring fewer more senior developers rather than many junior ones? Frank Wiles discusses his thoughts in his article A Guide to Hiring Programmers: The High Cost of Low Quality"

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  1. Re:Sigh. by Baddas · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would say an expert can at times generate up to 3 times a much output, but 10 times is ludicrous.


    Heh, quantity is not quality. Do you have any metrics? DeMarco and Lister do, and their data seems to show 10x. As in, not 'more code' but 'better code, fewer bugs, faster execution'