http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2005/05/parnass-law-of-hiring.html Hiring technical people and being hired can be difficult, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2005/05/parnass-law-of-hiring.html#comment-47 Jim Durbin Thu, 05 May 2005 00:27:40 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=473#comment-47 Great post. One of my Java developer contacts recently did some .net work with no experience - he just picked it up as he had to, because that's what good developers do. Understanding this has completely changed my pitch to software managers when I find a good candidate. I don't let a resume dictate the interview, and the result is faster hires with developers who help move the project along. I used that released line today - hope you don't mind. Great post. One of my Java developer contacts recently did some .net work with no experience - he just picked it up as he had to, because that’s what good developers do.
Understanding this has completely changed my pitch to software managers when I find a good candidate. I don’t let a resume dictate the interview, and the result is faster hires with developers who help move the project along.
I used that released line today - hope you don’t mind.

]]> http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2005/05/parnass-law-of-hiring.html#comment-48 JDA Wed, 04 May 2005 18:09:58 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=473#comment-48 Love the quote about how "...a number of people get into trouble by picking the resumes with the right buzzwords, instead of one with all the words spelled correctly." I just witnessed the hiring process for a QA Manager at a small software division of a large company. The hiring was done by a senior manager that has zero development experience, much less any specific QA knowledge. The final decision - the candidate who had *dozens* of typos and gross grammatical errors in his resume. Call me old-fashioned, but if a *QA Manager* can't take the time to make sure that his own resume is flawless what is he going to do when he is faced with assessing the quality of the work of dozens of developers. And yet senior management wonders why everyone in QA is miserable and looking to jump ship... Love the quote about how “…a number of people get into trouble by picking the resumes with the right buzzwords, instead of one with all the words spelled correctly.”
I just witnessed the hiring process for a QA Manager at a small software division of a large company. The hiring was done by a senior manager that has zero development experience, much less any specific QA knowledge. The final decision - the candidate who had *dozens* of typos and gross grammatical errors in his resume. Call me old-fashioned, but if a *QA Manager* can’t take the time to make sure that his own resume is flawless what is he going to do when he is faced with assessing the quality of the work of dozens of developers.
And yet senior management wonders why everyone in QA is miserable and looking to jump ship…

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