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I'm sure this toxic hiring strategy serves your company's interests well, but is terrible for the industry. Let's all adopt this approach and in a few years the

I'm sure this toxic hiring strategy serves your company's interests well, but is terrible for the industry. Let's all adopt this approach and in a few years there won't be anyone taking someone from 0 experience to 1-3 years.

lloyd-christmas 11y ago
Training someone for a job is expensive. Training two people for one job is even more expensive. Dragging me away from programming to review resumes/interview people that don't even think themselves qualified is that much more expensive. I'm happy to train someone. I've actually really enjoyed it over the years. What I don't like is having to train two people for the same position. THAT'S a toxic hiring strategy.
- pekk 11y ago
  The first rule of getting hired is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. Pity that once you are actually in the job, it's not very helpful to have a bunch of egomaniacal Dunning-Kruger cases running around.
  - eropple 11y ago
    > The first rule of getting hired is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. I don't think this is true at all. I'm very comfortable saying "I have no idea" in an interview setting (though I think it's generally understood that I'll go find out), I'm generally up-front with weaknesses in that, hey, there are things that I just don't work well with. There are a bajillion jobs out there, and it doesn't make any sense to push a bad fit.
    - mikeash 11y ago
      It depends entirely on the company. The first rule of getting hired at a company run by sociopaths or brogrammers is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. Some people seem to think that's the only kind of company there is, so that bit is sometimes accidentally left out.
  - lloyd-christmas 11y ago
    Getting the interview is drastically different than getting the job. Filtering what you don't want is drastically different than choosing what you do want.

lloyd-christmas 11y ago

Training someone for a job is expensive. Training two people for one job is even more expensive. Dragging me away from programming to review resumes/interview people that don't even think themselves qualified is that much more expensive. I'm happy to train someone. I've actually really enjoyed it over the years. What I don't like is having to train two people for the same position. THAT'S a toxic hiring strategy.

pekk 11y ago
The first rule of getting hired is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. Pity that once you are actually in the job, it's not very helpful to have a bunch of egomaniacal Dunning-Kruger cases running around.
- eropple 11y ago
  > The first rule of getting hired is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. I don't think this is true at all. I'm very comfortable saying "I have no idea" in an interview setting (though I think it's generally understood that I'll go find out), I'm generally up-front with weaknesses in that, hey, there are things that I just don't work well with. There are a bajillion jobs out there, and it doesn't make any sense to push a bad fit.
  - mikeash 11y ago
    It depends entirely on the company. The first rule of getting hired at a company run by sociopaths or brogrammers is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. Some people seem to think that's the only kind of company there is, so that bit is sometimes accidentally left out.
- lloyd-christmas 11y ago
  Getting the interview is drastically different than getting the job. Filtering what you don't want is drastically different than choosing what you do want.