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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Hiring a programmer turnson two things, the coverletter and a real… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. A sense of achievementin software survives… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 He is a software writer, not a software engineer, and the engineering label flattens what most programmers actually do. He is a softwarewriter, not a software… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 Open hiring calls rarely find programmers who last; the warm referral of someone you worked beside for two years has by far the best hit rate. Open hiring callsrarely find programmers… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one. An AI-written coverletter reads as slop to… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 Work produced by one frontier model should be reviewed by a different one, for the same reason a good programmer's work improves under a good peer's review. Work produced by onefrontier model should… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 Overly prescriptive instructions make a coding agent worse, for the same reason a micromanaging boss makes a programmer worse. Overly prescriptiveinstructions make a… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 The joy of a programmer is to type the code himself; promoting yourself out of that makes you a project manager of a murder of AI crows. The joy of a programmeris to type the code… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — turned since 2026-04-08 However capable AI coding tools become, the industry will still need junior programmers, because someone must be able to vet what the machine produces. However capable AIcoding tools become… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-04-24
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