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That was taken out of context. We get developers whatever they want. We only posted it to be funny.

Oh, right. But yeah, I wasn't picking up on you or Quora, more Fred's interpretation of a banal reality - I'd hope any company would get their developers this sort of kit! :-)

Indeed. However, the hiring part IS brutal. We interviewed 90-something people, made one offer.

There's a huge difference between engineers and developers.

What makes the difference between the one developer you would hire and the 89 engineers you wouldn't?

I want to hire engineers, not developers.

Engineering is the negotiation of constraints. Developers write code. You need to be both.

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