How do you make sure you hire the right programmer?

[Moscow Mule]

The best programmers I ever met love programming, it's their passion. Programming is one of the few jobs you can find people with such an attitude, and it should be capitalised on - not many people would choose to stay late without even thinking of overtime pay, just to satisfy their own desire to make their code do cool stuff. In an office of people who love coding, you don't need to stress them out and lower moral with long hours and deadlines... they do it for fun

You can be a good programmer without being a nerdy, no non-work life, geek...

[d000hg]

You can be a good programmer without being a nerdy, no non-work life, geek...

Sure you can. You can also be a good programmer without a university degree or any previous industry experience. But passion, like education and previous experience, is one way to differentiate the 200 CVs you get. And passion gets you more than just their skill, it gets their dedication.

[NickFitz]

You can be a good programmer without being a nerdy, no non-work life, geek...

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[zeitghost]

Star trek isn't science fiction.

Indeed not.

It's documentary.

Trust me on that.