What are your thoughts on the current recruitment system? Specially in India

Broken. Horribly. I can tell you for a fact that hiring good devs is THE top-most concern for every CTO that I've talked to in the past couple of years.

What are the attributes of a good dev for you? How do you judge someone to be great dev? Would you hire a great dev if he doesn’t have experience on the exact same language you need? eg. He knows awesome java but you want python dev

What are the attributes of a good dev for you? How do you judge someone to be great dev?

This has been answered by many folks here and on the interwebs. 😀

Would you hire a great dev if they don’t have experience on the exact same language you need?

If the person is a fast-learner. • Consulting projects need subject matter experts (well because clients are paying for your expertise). • Early-stage startups need fast learners (because fast-approaching deadlines & break-neck speed of deliverables). • Small companies operating on razor-thin margins need folks with experience or who can learn on the job (because no training budget). This really leaves big companies or funded startups as the viable places where most folks can get on-the-job training, learn new skills, do side projects at leisure and can grow on the job. Again, I'm NOT endorsing or condemning any of this. Simply stating my observations.

Thank you @magnificent-solstice-42554. Appreciate your thoughts 🙂

Back in my old company (large enterprise) we hired for aptitude/ability-to-learn and NEVER for domain expertise. New hires (both college freshers and industry hires) didn't need to hit the ground running. They had ample time to ramp up. In current role, the model is unfortunately inverted. Different circumstances.