What qualities are important in choosing someone to hire or finding a partner to work with

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by ratsbane • 19 years ago
16 27 19 years ago

What order would you put these traits in? Anything else to look for?

(Of course, also realizing that your potential employee or partner should be evaluating you in the same way.)

A) Compatible personality - someone with whom you enjoy working

B) Deep knowledge in whatever platform you're using

C) Broad knowledge in a computing topics; familiarity with other languages and platforms; experience solving problems in diverse computing environments

D) Subject matter expert in the domain you're working on - accounting, medicine, education, industry, public relations, etc.

E) Enthusiasm

F) Curiosity

G) Education

H) Logistics - person lives near you or is willing and able to relocate

I) Stability - can the candidate live with his or her means during tough times?

J) History of completing things

K) Communicates well

L) Polite

(not listed in any order)

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