Reduce the Risk - hire programmers from open source
I remember my last interview a few years back for a technical position. I was hired on a shiny CV concocted on my own, a few e-mails back and forth, and a one-hour interview. That's it.
That bothered me even back then, especially since I kept hearing that this process was the norm. The effects of it were painfully clear: it's a lot easier to hire someone than to fire them, so most companies would just keep the outcome of their crap shoot, regardless of whether they rolled snake eyes or boxcars.
There had to be a better way, and, of course, now there is. Open source is a golden gift to the process of hiring technical people. It reduces the risk enormously by allowing you to sample candidates over a much longer period of time, using all the right variables:
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