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That seems like a terrible idea. Unless you're hiring for a user facing role, one's personal opinions should have very little bearing on their hireablility. It'

That seems like a terrible idea. Unless you're hiring for a user facing role, one's personal opinions should have very little bearing on their hireablility. It's a number that literally means nothing. Hell you can get down voted for having perfectly logical contrary opinions (e.g. any thread involving politics, diversity or Microsoft). This is something you do if you're just are looking for people who think exactly the way you do. Personally I refuse to provide any company with material that can link back to my personal social sites. It's simply not worth it. I'm not going to sanitize my digital life for the purposes of getting hired. I don't even provide links to my github because people read too much into what is or isn't there trying to parse out some signal that doesn't actually exist.

edoceo 10y ago
I'm not asking anyone to sanitize. I look for folks who can clearly argue their point. It's the quality of the debate, not the value of the position
- koolba 10y ago
  It's not though. If you're not arguing a pro-groupthink position you'll get down voted regardless of the quality of your commentary. See just about any politics related thread for an example of that. Note that only applies to subjective topics. If you're commenting about a purely technical topic then the voting system does seem to work more effectively.
  - edoceo 10y ago
    To be clear. If one candidate has an HN rank of 10 and another has a rank of 100 it doesn't automatically place them ahead. That would be stupid. Nor does having downvotes cause any automatic placement adjustment. I review their comments manually to tell me about the person. It's a qualitative evaluation, not purely quantitative.
    - koolba 10y ago
      You previously said: > I use applicants HN score, and comments as hiring factors. I get reviewing the comments manually, but what could you use the score for besides a group think filter? Might be great for a sales position ...
GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
My posting voice on HN is very different than my professional voice, and I don't want the two spheres connected at all. (Similarly I don't want my reddit or tumblr accounts connected with my professional space, but I do want my github and linkedin accounts connected with my professional space, and I try to keep my facebook account generally respectable; these days it's mostly shares of 'Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary' pictures and if any employer doesn't like that they I don't want to work for them).

edoceo 10y ago

I'm not asking anyone to sanitize. I look for folks who can clearly argue their point. It's the quality of the debate, not the value of the position

koolba 10y ago
It's not though. If you're not arguing a pro-groupthink position you'll get down voted regardless of the quality of your commentary. See just about any politics related thread for an example of that. Note that only applies to subjective topics. If you're commenting about a purely technical topic then the voting system does seem to work more effectively.
- edoceo 10y ago
  To be clear. If one candidate has an HN rank of 10 and another has a rank of 100 it doesn't automatically place them ahead. That would be stupid. Nor does having downvotes cause any automatic placement adjustment. I review their comments manually to tell me about the person. It's a qualitative evaluation, not purely quantitative.
  - koolba 10y ago
    You previously said: > I use applicants HN score, and comments as hiring factors. I get reviewing the comments manually, but what could you use the score for besides a group think filter? Might be great for a sales position ...

GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago

My posting voice on HN is very different than my professional voice, and I don't want the two spheres connected at all. (Similarly I don't want my reddit or tumblr accounts connected with my professional space, but I do want my github and linkedin accounts connected with my professional space, and I try to keep my facebook account generally respectable; these days it's mostly shares of 'Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary' pictures and if any employer doesn't like that they I don't want to work for them).