A proposal.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5910340

by peterchon • 13 years ago

8 7 13 years ago

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You know what would be cool? If developers can work in other companies for a few months. Kind of like developer exchange program.

It would be very refreshing for the developers to re-energize with new work, and companies can enjoy the benefits of excited new talent!

alloftheabove• 13 years ago

This would be cool. biggest hurdle would probably be employees taking company secrets with them, so maybe it would work better with only open source development

tagabek• 13 years ago

So... internships?

btaitelb• 13 years ago

This is what I love about consulting - I can experience different team cultures and projects, and learn what works and doesn't work for various teams.

jmsbrwr• 13 years ago

I've never made software professionally, but I imagine the curve of getting used to a new company's systems would eat up most of that time, making it more of a hassle than it's worth.

If there is a way to overcome that though, this sounds like a cool idea.

mansigandhi• 13 years ago

The "learning curve + getting up to pace" cost might beat the pros. And like alloftheabove mentioned, company secrets will definitely be a issue with the larger companies.

peterchon• 13 years ago

Well, as a front-end developer I'm pretty comfortable using a lot of technology (Ruby to .NET)

My proposal is to really have companies to align their resources for shared knowledge. I think the managers would have to be the one to make the call about what information is being accessed by that said employee.

quietthrow• 13 years ago

Check out grouptalent.com. It might be what you are looking for.

A proposal.

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