I don't know if anyone here has exposure to the recruiting side of things. Friends who have worked recruiting for Facebook have told me of very blatant and direct age discrimination for the older set; regardless of…
Try applying for a job as if you don't have any professional experience. Almost everyone wants Python, Java, and something with 'C' in the name for junior positions. However, in my limited experience, they only…
They can build functional, well-written products and solve complex problems, but they don't know this arbitrary task-specific trivia! Terrible!
Manager has piss poor communication then "solves" it by threatening to fire people. Genius.
Obviously true. Women as a group are shorter than men as group, but some women are taller than some men. That seems so trivially obvious as to not bear mentioning. But, there's a substantial amount of evidence that if…
Maybe put the slightest bit of effort into researching this. Look at yourself. You got the job, right? You don't want to admit this to yourself, but it was easier for you than a woman.
Then you're selecting for people who are overconfident blowhards, who don't really know as much as they think they do.
Difficulty doesn't make things 'sacred' unless you're obsessed & delusional. It would be difficult to stand on one-leg for 40 hours but it would also be pointless & stupid, not 'sacred'.
No, I don't need to make my whole life about X to be decent at X.
"Just splashing around. Keep looking" "Seems ok. Keep looking" Lifeguard grabs him 1 second later...
I don't know if anyone here has exposure to the recruiting side of things. Friends who have worked recruiting for Facebook have told me of very blatant and direct age discrimination for the older set; regardless of…
Try applying for a job as if you don't have any professional experience. Almost everyone wants Python, Java, and something with 'C' in the name for junior positions. However, in my limited experience, they only…
They can build functional, well-written products and solve complex problems, but they don't know this arbitrary task-specific trivia! Terrible!
Manager has piss poor communication then "solves" it by threatening to fire people. Genius.
Obviously true. Women as a group are shorter than men as group, but some women are taller than some men. That seems so trivially obvious as to not bear mentioning. But, there's a substantial amount of evidence that if…
Maybe put the slightest bit of effort into researching this. Look at yourself. You got the job, right? You don't want to admit this to yourself, but it was easier for you than a woman.
Then you're selecting for people who are overconfident blowhards, who don't really know as much as they think they do.
Difficulty doesn't make things 'sacred' unless you're obsessed & delusional. It would be difficult to stand on one-leg for 40 hours but it would also be pointless & stupid, not 'sacred'.
No, I don't need to make my whole life about X to be decent at X.
"Just splashing around. Keep looking" "Seems ok. Keep looking" Lifeguard grabs him 1 second later...