[selllikesybok]

>Our experience was good. We wouldn't do it again.

If the experience was good, why not?

[rememberlenny]

As a company, we dont normally do large scale hiring. When we do large scale hiring, we can bring on junior devs.

If we are hiring for single spots, we need experienced developers.

[mcguire]

"If we are hiring for single spots, we need experienced developers."

That's why you don't see openings for entry level positions.

[s0uthPaw88]

But if you were in the same large scale hiring situation again and can bring on junior devs, would you do it again?

[rememberlenny]

It was a once a decade hiring process.

[steveklabnik]

Sometimes, you just don't need that many new people. This is one of the things that happened with Hungry Academy and Living Social back in the day. A sudden influx of 24 new people doesn't mean you're immediately ready as an organization to pick up 24 more, even if they are good entry-level engineers.

[nsxwolf]

You chopped the context out of the quote. I thought the original was sufficiently explanatory.

[wch]

That's actually not true. He/she quoted the original two sentences. The parent post was later edited to add a third (middle) sentence.

[nsxwolf]

Oh, pardon then. The original really does read strange.

[rememberlenny]

Sorry about that. Three people asked the same question, so I updated the post after.