false 6645917 1 <P>A guide to attracting, recruiting, interviewing, and hiring the best technical talent.</p> <ul> <li>A comprehensive system for hiring top-notch technical employees</li> <li>Packed with useful information and specific advice written in a breezy, humorous style</li> <li>Learn how to find great people--and get them to work for you--in an afternoon!</li> </ul> <P>The top software developers are ten times as productive as average developers. <i>Ten times</i>. You can't afford <i>not</i> to hire them. But if you haven't been reading Joel Spolsky's books or blog, you probably don't know how to find them and make them want to work for <i>you</i>.</p> <P>In this brief book, Joel reveals all his secrets--from his years at Microsoft, and as the co-founder of Fog Creek Software--for recruiting the best developers in the world. You'll learn:</p> <ul> <li>How to create a pipeline of excellent developers using internships--and why this is <i>not</i> optional</li> <li>How to build a workplace where the best programmers <i>want</i> to work</li> <li>The secrets to reading resumes, interviewing technical people, and deciding when to make an offer</li> </ul> <P>If you've ever wondered what you should be looking for in a resume, if you've ever struggled to decide whether to hire someone at the end of an interview, or if you're wondering why you can't find great programmers, stop everything and <i>read this book</i>.</p> 6840433 31 5 2007 Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent 0 0 1 0 0 0 false false Sat Jul 25 16:04:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 16:04:08 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6645917