the "no good Perl jobs"/"no good Perl programmers" myth

[Peter Corlett]

On 7 Aug 2006, at 15:54, Adam Turoff wrote:
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> It's *not* hard finding out if an applicant is unqualified, or a bad
> match.  It *is* hard finding the above average ones.  I don't know why
> anyone expects to find an above average hire every 2-3 candidates.

Well, in theory, every other candidate would be above average, but  
the average is just so damn low that you want more than just "above  
average".

Sturgeon's Law suggests that one in ten candidates will be  
worthwhile, and I'd say it would be even less since the top 10% don't  
need to apply to complete strangers for jobs.