What do you think about applying (or hiring) applicants who have experience but not in the specific stack of the job? I’ve found jobs in fields I’m passionate about, but I don’t always have matching experience in the stack. Does YOE matter more than stack or is stack experience quintessential?
Ex: 5yrs experience in C++ but the job asks for 5yrs experience and Node.js
how do you feel about hiring remote?
Technically I hire in-person and remote, but my team is currently fully remote, and I anticipate all future hires being fully remote.
I can’t imagine new hires on my team wanting to drive into an office, just to spend the day on the phone and Slack and GitHub with the rest of the team.
I would get an in-office space, for a hire who really wanted one, but it’ll be extra work for me, because our logistics folks don’t expect my team to need offices or desks in our buildings anymore.
That said, I don’t currently have any vacant positions. Thank you for asking!
Edit: Seeing this conversation is in a developer hub, I’ll take your question as permission to message you for a quick chat when I do have positions open!