I'm not really sure why you can't hire a Ruby or Python programmer
Yeah, sure, hire a Ruby/Python programmer ... and try to trick them about the language they're going to be using by being vague about it in the job posting and initial conversations until they got really interested?
Been there, done that. It was a stopgap measure that sort of worked and it wasn't that much fun.
No, just advertise appropriately. Some people don't apply because they don't want to use the language, others don't apply because they expect you to require skill in that specific language. Something along the lines of "Knowledge of Perl or equivalent dynamic language strongly suggested."
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Yeah, sure, hire a Ruby/Python programmer ... and try to trick them about the language they're going to be using by being vague about it in the job posting and initial conversations until they got really interested?
Been there, done that. It was a stopgap measure that sort of worked and it wasn't that much fun.
No, just advertise appropriately. Some people don't apply because they don't want to use the language, others don't apply because they expect you to require skill in that specific language. Something along the lines of "Knowledge of Perl or equivalent dynamic language strongly suggested."