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by Graffur
1937 days ago
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I agree with this. Here's some truths: * Experienced engineers will perform better than graduates in general * The distribution of experienced engineers who are poor performers won't over represent application to one particular company unless they are an outlier (Repl.it is not Google) This makes me wonder what Repl.it's hiring process is and why it is not doing well at attracting good people. |
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In my experience there are a lot of experienced engineers that are very low quality, and it isn’t uncommon to have experienced engineers that have negative productivity (working with them costs more than they produce). See https://thedailywtf.com/ . Starting with recent grads (filtered for potential) can easily be more productive over time, because you can teach them good habits.
> The distribution of experienced engineers who are poor performers won't over represent application
Hiring being inundated with poor quality candidates is a common problem due to adverse selection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26254114