[PIGMI] Hiring students

[Saxon]

Hi Chris,
 
It's certainly possible for people to be a net negative on the team, if they
need a lot of mentoring.
 
That said, way back in 1997 when I started at Ratbag, they hired about 7
programmers (including me) who were at uni / just finished uni, and while it was
chaotic, somehow it worked and we managed to produce something. I think the key
thing was that all of us had done a lot of programming for fun in our spare
time, so we all knew how to code (even if we lacked the wisdom of experience).
 
So yes, it will be a bit of an experiment... and highly dependent on finding the
right person I think.
 
cya,
Saxon
 

On May 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM Chris Kruger <chris.kruger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll be interested to hear about your experiences with that. Most of
> the places I've worked for have always insisted it put more strain on
> the team than one was likely to gain. A claim I have always found a
> little sad considering the lack of training and mentorship most
> companies in the industry provide. I've never had to mentor or
> supervise interns so apart from likely being very bad at it; I also
> have no insight into whether the claims of my previous employers about
> interns are true.  Opinions?
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Saxon <saxon at saxon.cx> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We're considering hiring a uni/tafe student or two for some short-term
> > casual programming work around June/July, to help us with our game.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has any idea of roughly what hourly rate students
> > would be looking for?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Saxon
> >
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