[LRUG] [JOBS] - Ruby Programmer Wanted FT/PT to join funded startup as lead tech/ CTO (urgent)

[Paul Doerwald]

These days when I'm looking for programmers to work for me, I'm trying to assess whether they are pragmatic and have a good understanding of value. The best programmers in my experience have an understanding of what the business value of the feature they're working on is, and will put in the appropriate amount of effort for that feature.  

The only way this can be learned is through experience. It's not something that is or can be taught in school. If a recent grad has this skill, it's because they've been programming for years outside the classroom and the requirements of their courses.  

Paul.

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Paul Doerwald
Chancellor, Liquid Media Inc.
902-412-2492


On Wednesday, 17 April, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Adam Carlile wrote:

> Precisely Alex, I've often thought about what my degree says about me, however I have learnt that employers are more concerned with the contents of my Github account. 
> 
> Degrees often indicate that you have the capability to learn a subject, not that you're necessarily proficient at it.
> 
> On 17 Apr 2013, at 17:28, Alex Heeton <alex at heeton.me (mailto:alex at heeton.me)> 
>  wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > Developer should ideally be a computer science grad from a red brick/
> > > Oxbridge uni.
> > 
> > I can also say that of all the developers, CTOs and computer scientists I know, degrees or where they got them has little relevance to their skills.  
> > 
> > I have a computer science degree from a "red brick uni", and it's a passing note in my CV; never spoken of again. Certainly not what defines me.  
> > 
> > 
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