RE: Case study for interviewing Oracle DBA
- From: david wendelken <davewendelken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:18:33 -0800 (PST)
Did you know that there are often 10-1 productivity differences between
programmers?
That's documented quality and speed differences! 20-1 differences have been
found.
And that's only including the ones who could do the job - the ones who couldn't
weren't part of the measurement.
10-1! Think about it. A manager who gets one of these people is getting a
real bargain even if they have to pay them 50% more. (Do the math!)
To get them when they are willing to accept less pay than normal for other
reasons is a God-send.
And, if they are a good mentor, they're worth their weight in gold because
they'll transform other IT staff into much more capable employees.
Over-qualified candidates should go to the top of the list in case the manager
gets lucky and finds a good fit, not be pulled from the pile. With a likely
10-1 advantage in productivity over average, and a good possibility of 20-1,
it's worth the time to check it out - even at today's depressed IT wages.
Pass it on to your managers when they are evaluating resumes. You never know,
you might get a great colleague and a true mentor out of it.
Don't have my library with me (I'm working out of town), but Capers Jones had a
good book on this some years back. Applied Software Measurement or something
like that.
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