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Hire talent, not five years with Java

by @gillesleb gillesleblanc.wordpress.com published 2013-03-26

Too often we see job requirements for development positions with a long series of bullet points: General Tech X everyone has heard about, 5 years Specific Tech Y that came out last year, 3 years Sp…

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