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I suspect a lot of the current griping over hiring practices is due to this. Small companies cargo-cult hiring practices from Google/Amazon/Apple/Facebook, but
by zeemonkee3 11y ago
I suspect a lot of the current griping over hiring practices is due to this. Small companies cargo-cult hiring practices from Google/Amazon/Apple/Facebook, but they forget that these companies have huge numbers of good applicants who are willing to jump through hoops just for the opportunity to have $BIGNAME on their resume.
- timje1 11y agoA tangent, but when did 'cargo-cult' become a verb and not a noun?
- jjtheblunt 11y agoWtf is cargo cult?
- steveklabnik 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult#Metaphorical_uses_of_the_term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult#Metaphorical_uses_o...
- hguant 11y agoFrom wikipedia: "The name derives from the belief that various ritualistic acts will lead to a bestowing of material wealth." Basically, slavishly copying someone else's actions without actually understanding the underlying principle behind those actions. The most famous example is from WWII - Japanese and American armed forces built airstrips on underdeveloped islands, and either abandoned or shared what seemed like massive amounts of wealth with the islanders. When the war was over, islanders replicated airstrips and military bases, some even dressing up as soldiers, in order to bring back the flow of cargo.
- cookiecaper 11y ago>Basically, slavishly copying someone else's actions without actually understanding the underlying principle behind those actions. And it should be noted that this works really well much of the time, which is why humans often do it. A deep understanding can be beneficial if you're capable of grasping it, but if we're honest, most people aren't.
- deanCommie 11y agoYeah but the idea of the expression is to apply it in situations where it clearly isn't working. If it works you don't call it a cargo cult anymore
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- kelvin0 11y agoThis is not the answer, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_Cult_%28musician%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_Cult_%28musician%29 Looks like someone already had the idea of using this as a band name!
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- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoA cool thing about the English language is you can do that sort of thing whenever you feel like it.
- tvladeck 11y agoNouns get verbed all the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_(word_formation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_(word_formation)
- tim333 11y agoI believe in "ideas can turn cargo cult" it was adjectived rather than verbed.
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