How to choose programmers?

[yash101]

There are multiple ways to go around with this.
I really suggest to pick people with at least a little bit of programming background, at this moment of time, as we are really close to the new season.

In my programming club, I have it as open enrollment -- anyone can join -- no experience required. Of course, this means that you need to know how to use a computer, and how to install software, for example.

This "open-enrollment" option means that you will tend to spend a lot of time just teaching students the basics of programming.

If you get students that know how to program, even in just a different language, say Python instead of C/C++/Java, they should be able to catch on quite quickly.

[Rangel]

From my experience of my team as well as talking to many others, programmers are pretty rare on most teams. You really can't have enough considering how many potential programming projects and problems there are so I would take anyone that is interested. Whether or not they are dedicated is another story but that's why you have them work with someone more experienced or have them work on smaller projects before you give them a really important task.

[Roger]

How to choose programmers?
It's the ones you have to pull away from the computer and shove out of the building late at night.
(And the obligatory "cans of Mt Dew and bags of chips".)