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James King

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

If you haven't heard it, go out there and find it.

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

I'll summarize it real quick.

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

He's at a hotel and he sits down for a cup of coffee.

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

The coffee shop guy says,

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

Simon goes, do you like your job?

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

And went out, missing a beat, responds, I love my job.

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

So he asked him, why that response?

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

Why is this company doing to give that response?

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

And he said, well, throughout the day, my managers, and not even just my managers, all managers stop in and go, how can I help?

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

How can I make your job better?

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

And then the person goes on and goes, I also do a coffee shop at another location.

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

And down there, managers are trying to catch you doing something wrong.

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

So there I just keep my head down, do my job and get out of there.

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

I don't love my job there.

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

Same person.

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

Different environments, different outcomes, different experience you're getting because of that.

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

As leaders, as managers, our job is not to do the work.

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

It's take care of the people who do the work.

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

And that's very hard, especially for new managers to learn.

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

Yeah.