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Dan Ferrisi

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124 total appearances

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Yeah.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

I think that is a great point.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

I really do.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

And it's interesting when you mentioned the idea that you should be interviewing not just the candidate, but the candidate should be interviewing you.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

I would kind of analogize it to a conversation I've had with a lot of integrators who

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

That not every yes is necessarily a good yes for that job.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Is that job good for you?

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Is it going to be profitable for you?

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Is it going to be an endless time sucker?

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Are they going to be a problem client?

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Just because a client is saying yes, you don't necessarily have to say yes in return.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

They should be interviewing you, you interviewing them and deciding, is this going to be a good pairing?

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

And the same thing for the job market.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Is this going to be a good pairing?

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Not just, oh, thank goodness they said yes, let me jump on that.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Because it may not be a good yes, ultimately.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

Yeah, yeah.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

100%.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

As they say, the squeaky wheel is the one that gets oil.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 254 - Dan Ferrisi Asks What to Know About Hiring & Retaining Programmers

And you got to make sure if you do have a concern, to your point, James, speak up.