10 Reasons You Should Never Hire a Dev Who Writes a List Article On Dev.To

10 - Lowest common denominator.

The list article is the easiest of all articles to write and requires the least amount of creativity. Is that the type of Software Dev you want to work with? One who takes the easy way out.

9 - Attention Getter

The list article is only written to gain attention. A writer who writes a list article is likely vainglorious and attention-seeking with no substance behind them. Is this the kind of employee you want working for our company?

One who just wants to get attention: be ready to experience tons of drama if you hire the list article writer.

8 - Lack of Creativity

The fact that the dev has chosen to write a list article is proof that they have very little creativity and cannot think of an interesting article that focuses on a specific topic. Do you want to work with non-creative employee?

7 - Boring

Imagine listening to a person who just rambles off a list of facts. It's so boring. Do you want to work with boring people? If you're answer is no, then don't hire a person who writes a list article on Dev.to

6 - Doesn't Really Know the Topic

If the person has written a list article, it is because they don't really know how the topic. Instead, they've just jammed some interesting pieces together in an attempt to create content and post an article.

However, when the person begins to write code, look out. The important thing about code is not if you know a bunch of interesting facts, but if you know how to put things together to create a solution.

5 - Unlikely Able To Write Complete Solutions

It is unlikely that the person who is writing a list article has the ability and focus to complete an entire app. Keep in mind that coding (creating software solutions) is not just about writing code. To create a complete app you will have to do many thing such as:

use version control system (git)
translate user stories into the solution
communicate with other devs
communicate with project manager
write unit tests
deploy your code And much more. The person who writes a list article shows only that she can understand small snippets of code in isolation from everything else. That's not very helpful.

4 - Doesn't Have the Stamina

Writing a list article shows that the dev doesn't have the stamina to do everything it takes to write a complete solution. Instead, they just want to drop some fast facts and run. That's not how coding happens at any real company which is trying to produce software solutions.

3 - Probably Written By AI

The list article is probably written by AI anyways. Most likely if you're reading a list article, it was written by AI, so when you hire the dev who "wrote" the list article they won't understand the content of their article anyways. Don't be fooled, don't hire a list article writer.

2 - Boring, Non-Creative, Drama-Seeker

If you hire a list article writer, you are going to get the trifecta of bad employees:
Boring Non-Creative Drama-Seeker who just wants to stir up drama about which syntax to use but who cannot create great software solutions that people want to use.

1 - Know-It-All

The person who writes the list article will probably be jabbering on about how you "should've used this latest feature of the language" or "oh, you could've used JavaScript Map here...".
Meanwhile you are writing the code that creates the over all solution and rolling your eyes at the list article author's comments.

I'm sure you'll agree that the list article is the worst of all article types and any dev who writes a list article should be avoided.

List Article Upvoter

However, if you are wary of hiring the list article writer, you should be doubly-wary of hiring the List ARticle Upvoter.
If you see a dev who upvotes a list article and says the article is great, it is obvious that they are someone who knows even less than the list article writer.

That's an amazing amount of un-knowledge.

These list article upvoters don't even know as much as the list article writers. Beware! You don't want these people on your dev project.