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Y Combinator and The Five (or Six)-Tool Developer

34 points| robjama | 14 years ago |blog.twg.ca | reply

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[+] kyenneti|14 years ago|reply
I am not sure if I could support/let go my team member like you. Very classy on your part. And Good luck to Dessy on her interview.
[+] eh_eh|14 years ago|reply
@kyenneti: Thank you. It wasn't an easy process, but we stand by our principles on this one.
[+] trustfundbaby|14 years ago|reply
This is the first time I've heard of programmers being assessed this way (usually on HN is more about hard core CS concepts and expertise with certain technologies).

I think its a lot more utilitarian and thought provoking but am interested in hearing what other HN'ers have to say about it.

[+] eh_eh|14 years ago|reply
@trustfundbaby, thanks for the comment. We are a client services firm as well as product development studio, so we look for developers that have a diversity of skill sets. We have some people that provide more engineering strength, and others that provide more UX or even client facing skill sets. Because we are a boutique shop of 15 handling multiple projects at once it's important for our team to run the gamut of dev skills; perhaps more than in other dev environments. I don't know how important that is to other shops?
[+] mattmanser|14 years ago|reply
It's bullshit?

Shipping is number 1 for a start.

And anyone who says 'Architecture' in the same article as developer, well, lets just say the two are kinda mutually exclusive. One's a person who codes, the other's a person who talks about code but can't do it.

Also, go to their website homepage. Look at the splash screen crying 'we just starting doing mobile!'. Sooooooooo..... They only just got their own perfect coders or something?

Realize this article is a total waste of our time.