Free as in Time » rants http://james.schumann.ca Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:57:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 DHH on Job Postings http://james.schumann.ca/technology/dhh-on-job-postings/ http://james.schumann.ca/technology/dhh-on-job-postings/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:53:05 +0000 James Schumann http://james.schumann.ca/technology/dhh-on-job-postings/ In a recent post, DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson of 37signals, creator of Rails) voiced his opinion on asking for years of experience in job postings for programmers:

Requiring X years of experience on platform Y in your job posting is, well, ignorant. As long as applicants have 6 months to a year of experience, consider it a moot point for comparison. Focus on other things instead that’ll make much more of a difference. Platform experience is merely a baseline, not a differentiator of real importance.


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