Importance of Hiring Good Programmers

Joel Spolsky (
Joel on Software) has written an interesting piece on the importance of hiring good programmers, and in a broader context, his formula for a successful software company. I think he’s right on the money when he says …

The real trouble with using a lot of mediocre programmers instead of a couple of good ones is that no matter how long they work, they never produce something as good as what the great programmers can produce.

At the end of the day, it all gets back to the concept of quality. The more the software business is driven by commoditisation, the more the cream will rise to the top (i.e. poor quality software will cease to exist).

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