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Its like this for all jobs: the reason is that a bad employee typically subtracts more value than a good employee adds. So companies put a lot of effort in lowering the odds of hiring bad employees even if it means positions remain unfilled.


The classic article on this is: The Net Negative Producing Programmer

http://pyxisinc.com/NNPP_Article.pdf

The bibliography is also something to track down and read if you're interested in the subject.




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