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Hiring a programmer turns on two things, the cover letter and a real programming test, never the resume, school, grades or pedigree.

Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson said

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hiring Finding people and judging them: referrals, open calls, contests, and reading the work rather than the CV.

education How children are taught and tested: schools, tutoring, what a lesson at the right level does, and what AI changes.

How should software engineers be interviewed?under our view: Watching a candidate do real work tells you more than an interview can

What David Heinemeier Hansson actually said

  1. David Heinemeier Hansson Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals
    the main pivot point for getting hired was not your resume, was not the schooling you've had, it was not your grades, was not your pedigree, it was how well you did on two things. A, your cover letter. Because I can only work with people remotely if they're good writers.

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