Only 8+ Years of Rails Experience Required

http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/10823

by harking • 14 years ago

32 11 14 years ago

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Guess they're only willing to hire DHH

infinitivium• 14 years ago

I need SDFRY devs with 6+ years experience for an upcoming project.

thehigherlife• 14 years ago

I've seen a post for a sharepoint admin with at least 5+ years of experience...

ndewitt• 14 years ago

I first started working with SharePoint in 2001.

cskau• 14 years ago

..which would mean you'd have to be David Heinemeier Hansson himself, seeing how Rails is just short of 8 years old.[1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_rails

ashconnor• 14 years ago

A very long-winded way of asking.

deedubaya• 14 years ago

lolz good luck recruiting dhh

kkbb• 14 years ago

Related is this listing for a java dev with 68 years of experience. http://thugbot.net/useful/?p=774

xmmx• 14 years ago

Also wanted: young developer age 23-29 to work on an exciting startup. Minimum of 42 years exp required.

rprasad• 14 years ago

10 years of CoffeeScript experience required. 5+ years of working with HTML5 Audio is preferred.

kschua• 14 years ago

HR to Director of Application Development : The closest candidate we had was David Heinemeier Hansson but we rejected him as, like all the others, he also fell below the 8+ years requisite

maeon3• 14 years ago

The notion of putting the phrase "x+ years of technology y" on a job description always makes me roll my eyes. Some people have 2 years experience with say RoR, and could be lightyears ahead of another RoR dev who has 6 years experience. Is it so hard to say what you want: "we want a developer who is in the top 10% or top 40% in solving x kinds of problems?

The reason why this bone headed measure is used is because even the most elite coder on the planet does not have the required number of years experience, it helps managers keep salaries low. X years experience in Y is an HR trick.