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Taken by surprise...

The other day I had been thinking about how perhaps there is something to be said for hiring less experienced developers because of how sometimes older, more experienced developers are said to be “set in their ways”. Then I thought, “Why not ask someone who's hired a fair amount of developers?”. So that's what I did. I asked Joel. What surprised me more than his answer however, was the discussion it sparked. About 70 posts in one day. Mr. Spolsky must have even more fans than I thought.

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  • Considering that he says he makes about $500 a month through Amazon referrals, he must have a lot of fans. I don't know how much he gets per book, but it would seem to me that it would take a lot of people going to joelonsoftware.com to generate that many purchases through click-throughs. I don't have a referral account, so I don't know the details. Just seemed like a lot to me.



    Regarding your post, I don't know that it matters how old someone is when it comes to finding good people. Good people are good people, regardless of age. I'm a fairly young guy (27) and I wouldn't hesitate to hire an older programmer if I thought that he/she would fit in with my team and add value to the team. Conversely, I would hesitate to hire someone younger for the same reasons.

  • Yeah, $500 a month in Amazon referrals IS a lot. I have a referral account and I've made about $50 in 2 years or so.

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