Definitely this... the amount of times I've seen this type of "x years of y" constraints for hiring people. It's completely backwards, someone senior should be able to pick up new technologies quickly. Better focus on the ability to learn and other factors than limiting things to a particular stack.

Very good piece, I agree with all the advices in there. That being said, it's often difficult to apply. This is because it requires quite a lot of self-awareness from teams and not everyone is willing to work on themselves to realize their weaknesses in the first place.

Also I'd stress one point which I don't find pushed enough in that article. Very often you want persons who might not make your team stronger now but will over time. This even works better in my experience. Hiring is a bit like gardening in a way: it's also about keeping in mind how the people joining the team will bloom in that particular context and how it'll improve the landscape.

EN: Another one about the hiring process. Focuses mostly on the time used for the interviews though. Same thing it takes time: several long interviews. Also especially interesting it focuses on the real questions underneath the interview and there are not many of them: it's mostly about can we work together and if yes where is the candidate positioned skill wise compared to current employees. As it's very well put: "everything else is literature".

FR: Un autre article sur le processus de recrutement. Il se focalise principalement sur les entretiens. Mais comme d'habitude cela prend du temps: plusieurs entretiens longs. Il est aussi intéressant de voir que cela se focalise principalement sur les vraies questions derrière les entretiens et il n'y en a pas tant que ça: c'est principalement sur le fait de pouvoir travailler ensemble et si oui où le candidat se positionne sur le plan des compétences par rapport aux employés actuels. Et c'est très justement résumé: "le reste c'est de la littérature".

Interesting data point about hiring someone. I stay convinced that it needs to take time, it kinds of confirm it.