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How To Find Bad Programmers
AmberShah writes "The job post is your potential programmer's first impression of your company, so make it count with these offputting features. There are plenty of articles about recruiting great developers, but what if you are only interested in the crappy ones?" I think much of the industry is already following these guidelines.
Every C coder worth their salt knows that C++ is just one better than C.
Better?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Since I only broached this question in a roundabout way in my previous message, I will be more direct this time: What makes your place of employment worthy of a skilled developer jumping through all of those hoops you are imposing?
Yes, any developer worth his or her salt will have the skills and means to prepare a Word document. That is not the point. The point is that a good developer will already have several job offers coming their way and being courted by cool companies left and right. Why would someone with talent want to spend excessive amount of time to prepare their resume in a non-convinient way just to have a chance to talk with you?
I am going to assume that you work for Google or Apple. Developers most certainly will jump through any hoops necessary just for the chance to talk with those companies. They hold prestige for many developers and for them it would be an honour to work for such companies. Although, honestly, I cannot really see either company having your policy.
If you are Joe Sixpack Software, I am honestly curious about what you are doing that is so interesting that is attracting skilled developers despite your policy. I might be interested in investment opportunities, because you must be doing something really cool.