Just like all of the other stories of "needing to hire someone immediately" and having an open head count go unfilled for months and months. It's not a credible story, I'm afraid. I've seen what it's like to hire people in tech, I've been on both sides of it. And frankly the issue of timeliness is so far down the list from being able to find someone experience and competent who you can trust as to barely be an issue. If you think you need someone in role RIGHT GODDAMN NOW, you're probably mistaken and need to readjust your expectations and values. Good people are insanely more valuable than random "butts in seats", it's worth it to make sure you're not alienating them or driving them away with silly hard sell tactics.
Just like all of the other stories of "needing to hire someone immediately" and having an open head count go unfilled for months and months. It's not a credible story, I'm afraid. I've seen what it's like to hire people in tech, I've been on both sides of it. And frankly the issue of timeliness is so far down the list from being able to find someone experience and competent who you can trust as to barely be an issue. If you think you need someone in role RIGHT GODDAMN NOW, you're probably mistaken and need to readjust your expectations and values. Good people are insanely more valuable than random "butts in seats", it's worth it to make sure you're not alienating them or driving them away with silly hard sell tactics.