Comments on: Hiring “Rock Star” Programmers http://www.alittlemadness.com/2009/06/04/hiring-rock-star-programmers/ A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free. -Nikos Kazantzakis Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:04:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.alittlemadness.com/2009/06/04/hiring-rock-star-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-173092 Chris Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:52:27 +0000 http://www.alittlemadness.com/?p=160#comment-173092 I totally agree with your assessment. I would prefer to work with a passionate and smart programmer than someone with a big name any day. There is a cost to preserving the rock star name (big announcements and such), that it reduces the overall effectiveness of the developer. I totally agree with your assessment. I would prefer to work with a passionate and smart programmer than someone with a big name any day. There is a cost to preserving the rock star name (big announcements and such), that it reduces the overall effectiveness of the developer.

]]> By: Yvan http://www.alittlemadness.com/2009/06/04/hiring-rock-star-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-172967 Yvan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:50:40 +0000 http://www.alittlemadness.com/?p=160#comment-172967 Do you really want to work for, or with, someone who'd use the term "rock star programmer" in a serious context? (i.e. job ad.) Mr Spolsky's "smart and get things done" is probably more appealing to the types of "programmers" these people think they want to hire. Not only are the advertisers going to find themselves a lot of egotistical bastards, they're going to drive away the exact people they're hoping to hire. Do you really want to work for, or with, someone who’d use the term “rock star programmer” in a serious context? (i.e. job ad.) Mr Spolsky’s “smart and get things done” is probably more appealing to the types of “programmers” these people think they want to hire.

Not only are the advertisers going to find themselves a lot of egotistical bastards, they’re going to drive away the exact people they’re hoping to hire.

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