[DUG] Work Wanted in Wellington

Thu Jul 3 11:29:08 NZST 2014

Probably, the original poster might have been worried about avoiding developers who suffer from the Dunning-Krueger effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Of course, when it’s a less technical person making a hiring decision for a more technical position, you can fall into this trap ☺

Anyway, as for your question, to my mind, ‘good’ is smart and gets things done i.e. high mental ‘bandwidth’ (high IQ) but without any large social deficits (low EQ) so  they can ‘play well’ with others.
You can’t easily ‘teach’ those two traits as they’re more long term developmental or personality characteristics.

Cheers,
  Paul.

From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2014 11:22 a.m.
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Subject: Re: [DUG] Work Wanted in Wellington

OK that begs a further discussion!

What in your eyes makes a developer “good” as opposed to thinking they are good – specific qualities please of what the good qualities are.  I am wondering if there are many opinions of what a “good” programmer is which might explain why some think they are good whilst others think they are not.  What are the more objective measures?

I have worked on numerous projects the last few years and seen a lot of different talents.  Some that stick out in my experience are:

  *   Technical proficiency – ie knowing already what is likely to be the best technology to use to tackle a new problem
  *   OO depth.   Is it innate or learned?   How is it best learned?
  *   Ability to mentor and guide others through existing code
Curious to hear specifics from you as you have the reputation of a Delphi authority!

From: Jeremy North<mailto:jeremy.north at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 10:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [DUG] Work Wanted in Wellington

I know here (Australia) we would happily pay decent salaries if we found Delphi developers that were actually good and didn't just *think* they were good.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Stefan Mueller <muellers at orcl-toolbox.com<mailto:muellers at orcl-toolbox.com>> wrote:
As a Swiss Delphi Developer living in New Zealand I find that interesting.
Switzerland isn’t exactly at the top of my mind when I think about the “value for bucks” for outsourcing work to – not because you don’t get the quality, but because salaries there are almost twice what you would have to pay here.

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Stefan Müller,
R&D Manager

ORCL Toolbox Ltd.
Auckland, New Zealand

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From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz<mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz> [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz<mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz>] On Behalf Of Tony Blomfield
Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2014 9:29 a.m.
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Subject: Re: [DUG] Work Wanted in Wellington

Gary.

If you would like to send the details to me I will have a chat with them.

Unfortunately we have had such a bad run with Kiwi Developers we moved our R&D over to Switzerland last year where we get much more cost effective results.

Anyway, I’d like to assess the person myself to see if they are suitable.

Kind regards.

Tony Blomfield

From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz<mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz> [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Gary T. Benner
Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2014 2:32 p.m.
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Subject: [DUG] Work Wanted in Wellington

HI All,

This just passed in if anyone can help:

Permanent Developer available in Wellington.

Experienced Senior Delphi Developer looking for a permanent role in or around Wellington.

Open to remote work. Also open to learning a new language if needed. Experienced in picking up code from others and looking after legacy systems as well as new development.

Also experienced as a Development Manager and Product Management.

Anyone with an opportunity can email me at gary at benner.co.nz<mailto:gary at benner.co.nz> and I'll pass it on.

cheers

Gary

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