top | item 44456457 (no title) afiodorov | 8 months ago If you're hiring 16 year olds just because of their ability to write code sounds like you're bottlenecked by writing code. Your comment doesn't clarify why you disagree. discuss order hn newest otabdeveloper4|8 months ago > hiring 16 year olds just because of their ability to write codeThey weren't. They were hired because of their ability to deliver software products. Huge difference.Every kid who mechanically copied BASIC games from a magazine could "write code", but they weren't Bill Gates.(Anyways Bill Gates was hired because of nepotism, but that's irrelevant here.)
otabdeveloper4|8 months ago > hiring 16 year olds just because of their ability to write codeThey weren't. They were hired because of their ability to deliver software products. Huge difference.Every kid who mechanically copied BASIC games from a magazine could "write code", but they weren't Bill Gates.(Anyways Bill Gates was hired because of nepotism, but that's irrelevant here.)
otabdeveloper4|8 months ago
They weren't. They were hired because of their ability to deliver software products. Huge difference.
Every kid who mechanically copied BASIC games from a magazine could "write code", but they weren't Bill Gates.
(Anyways Bill Gates was hired because of nepotism, but that's irrelevant here.)