I’ve been thinking about programmer hiring for several years now, and I have a new theory for how to do it:

Make it clear what it is your software team does, and hire people who can make a compelling case for why they want to join your team.

That’s pretty much it. Class dismissed.

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I guess I should justify this theory. The remainder of this piece describes my journey to this radical realization.

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