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How Do You Find Programming Superstars?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the can't-beat-a-human-signal-to-noise-filter dept.

Joe Ganley writes "You are a programming superstar, and you are looking for work. I recognize this happens relatively rarely, which is part of my problem. But stipulating that it happens, how do I, as a company looking to hire such people, connect with them? Put another way, how do you the programming superstar go about looking for a company that seems like one you'd like to work for? The company I work for is a great place to work; we only hire really great people, we work on hard, interesting problems, and we treat our employees well. We aren't worried about retention or even about how to entice people to work here once we've found them. The problem is simply finding them. The signal-to-noise ratio of the big places like Monster and Dice is terrible. We've had much better luck with (for example) the Joel on Software job boards, but that still doesn't generate enough volume." What methods have other people used to find the truly elite?

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  1. Uh by iONiUM · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm right here.

  2. Simple answer... by Dusty00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Be Google.

  3. Linkedin by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 5, Funny
    (Clears throat, adopts heroic stage pose) "People... people who know people..."

    (Dodges ballistic vegetable matter)

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  4. Make sure their shoes don't match their belts by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just this morning Slashdot has this big article about how IT professionals aspiring to break into management should wear matched shoes and belts, wear ties and full sleeve shirts and no torn/frayed/stained clothing. Read that piece and eliminate all those who follow those tips. Obviously they are aspiring professionals gunning for your job.

    Real programming superstars, usually love coding so much they take precautions so that they are not accidentally promoted to have management responsibilities like tracking vacation requests and authorizing the expense accounts. So they make sure their belts don't match their shoes, their pants, if and when they wear it, are never ironed. If they are forced to wear ties, they pair it with half sleeved shirts. They are the the programming superstars. But be prepared for huge number of false positives.

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  5. Re:One opinion by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love stuff like "Must have 5 years of Java experience" -- 2 years after Java was released.

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