Books on hiring technical people?

Question

I've just finished reading "Smart, and Gets Things Done" and while entertaining and byte-sized ;-) I found it a little US-centric and slightly less applicable to workplaces that are "only" above-average instead of rockstar--at-work places.

I'm looking for more books on how to hire technical people. The only other one that has been recommended is Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers...

Can anyone recommend any more?

Answer 1

This makes a lot of sense to me: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hiring not a book tho.

Answer 2

Not a book, but a lot of discussion on this and similar topics takes place on Hacker News.

I stumble across a post about every other day with a title like "how I choose whom I hire".

Answer 3

If you are interested in a practical, "how-to" guide, then Spolsky's bite-sized nibble and Rothman's book are the best I can think of.

Now, if you are interested in deeper issues and motivational whys and hows, then I can suggest:

• "The Firm as a Collaborative Community" by Charles Heckscher and Paul Adler.
• "Peopleware" (2nd edition) by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

1. Finding Great Developer