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Ruby on Rails Creator Says: "Reduce the Risk, Hire Programmers From Open Source"
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the programming world's latest star platform, writes: 'In the wake of open source, traditional hiring practices seem like an unnecessarily risky way to hire new employees. Especially for small teams where each hire can make it or break it. Why bet the composition of your collective on abstract indicators, hearsay, and a biased bio?'
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I'd disagree too, OSS involvement may be a good sign, however it is not the whole story (only their OSS face), there could be a lot you don't see, also a lot of us good developers don't have the time and energy to code both at work and at home!


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