Why the founder of Rails rejects 80% of Software Engineer applicants

This is a short clip from an interview with David Heinemeier Hansson on the ScaleYourCode show. Get skills that employers are looking for by training at Linux Academy (

In the clip, I ask David what he looks for when hiring Software Engineers. His answers are shocking, because of the mistakes so many applicants make.

This video is also in written form, here:

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