📖 Book
Paid
Intermediate
Why we picked it A short, readable book on finding and recognizing genuinely good developers, from someone who did it without leaning on pedigree. It goes deeper than the free essays on how to attract strong people and how to tell them apart in practice. Worth it if you expect to make several technical hires and want a durable mental model.
Smart and Gets Things Done
From Apress (O'Reilly) by Joel Spolsky
- Great developers are identified by what they build, not their pedigree
- The best people rarely apply, so you have to go find them
- A rigorous, evidence based process protects the quality bar
