A guide to attracting, recruiting, interviewing, and hiring the best technical talent.
A comprehensive system for hiring top–notch technical employeesPacked with useful information and specific advice written in a breezy, humorous styleLearn how to find great people—and get them to work for you—in an afternoon!
The top software developers are ten times more productive than average developers.Ten times. You can't affordnotto hire them. But if you haven't been readingJoel Spolsky's books or blog, you probably don't know how to find them and make them want to work foryou.
In this brief book, Joel reveals all his secrets—from his years at Microsoft, and as the co–founder of Fog Creek Software—for recruiting the best developers in the world.
If you've ever wondered what you should be looking for in a resume, if you've ever struggled to decide whether to hire someone at the end ofan interview, or if you're wondering why you can't find great programmers, stop everything andread this book.