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I couldn't agree more about the myopia. At the last place I worked I did a lot of interviewing of fresh outs for development and data science positions. Most
by reddog 10y ago
I couldn't agree more about the myopia. At the last place I worked I did a lot of interviewing of fresh outs for development and data science positions. Most of these kids came from elite schools with fine academic records. But hardly any of them had ever worked at a McDonalds or swung a hammer over the summer or done any job that made you sore the next day. I was in my 50s at the time and thought that strange but the HR folks said, nope, thats they way they all come these days.
I can't help but think that spending at least one summer picking oranges or unloading 18-wheelers would give tech people a little more perspective and some compassion for what most of the rest of the country has to deal with.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>Most of these kids came from elite schools with fine academic records. But hardly any of them had ever worked at a McDonalds or swung a hammer over the summer or done any job that made you sore the next day. I was in my 50s at the time and thought that strange but the HR folks said, nope, thats they way they all come these days. That's a bit weird. I'm only 27, and I painted some basements and did some yard-work back in high school to earn spending money. I thought that was normal.
- knieveltech 10y agoAs far as I can tell it really isn't anymore. I'm 41 and worked in just about every trade involved in building a house plus a brief stint as a union ironworker before I got into tech. The overwhelming majority of tech industry coworkers I've had over the last 10 years have never performed any sort of manual labor and most are totally unfamiliar with basic tool use.