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the assertion that this is scientifically robust is pretty flimsy. I would never hire anyone who listened to country music, regardless of background.
by ouid 10y ago
the assertion that this is scientifically robust is pretty flimsy. I would never hire anyone who listened to country music, regardless of background.
- sk5t 10y agoPerhaps if it's the blues-based, sad country music, things are not so bad. Listening to party-n-fishin' nu-country is a hard no.
- emodendroket 10y agoThe whole point here is that country music is strongly associated with a particular class background. Saying you wouldn't hire someone who liked it "regardless of class background" rings rather hollow in almost the same way saying you'd never hire someone with an afro regardless of their race rings hollow. Incidentally, I rather like country music, but even if I hated it I think choosing not to hire someone because of the music they like is idiotic.
- xxpor 10y agoI seriously hope this is a joke.
- matthewaveryusa 10y agoWhat he's getting at is that 'country' is polarizing music. Either you love it or hate it. So why would you, as a rational individual seeking the best outcome for yourself in your job application, put something so polarizing on your resume unless there's something a bit wrong with you? If the resume had 'avid Republican/Democrat' or 'pro-life/choice' as interests I would pause, not because I would try to figure out if their interests align with mine, but because I would wonder why anyone would put such a polarizing gamble in their resume.
- jusssi 10y ago> So why would you, as a rational individual seeking the best outcome for yourself in your job application, put something so polarizing on your resume Well I wouldn't want to work somewhere that polarizes over such an unrelated mainstream thing (it's not like it was Norwegian church burning metal). So finding out right away would be in my best interest.
- emodendroket 10y agoA lot of people can't stand classical music either, yet, curiously, that doesn't seem to cause any problems.
- umanwizard 10y agoWhy not?
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- mozumder 10y agoSome of the highest art is in country music. Tell me there's sweeter voice than Allison Krauss: https://open.spotify.com/track/3pdJIlB7Mq44Pdy1Nwp4fQ https://open.spotify.com/track/3pdJIlB7Mq44Pdy1Nwp4fQ OK maybe with a tour-de-force trio of Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt, & Emmylou Harris: https://open.spotify.com/track/2l8paW0jL4o8yGF6sgydll https://open.spotify.com/track/2l8paW0jL4o8yGF6sgydll
- reitanqild 10y agoOne of the most stupid (IMO) discussions I ever saw on HN was someone who tried arguing how rap music was related to being a good startup employee while listening to country music signalled the opposite.
- sctb 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13958567 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13958567 and marked it off-topic.
- ouid 10y agoThis wasn't off-topic. I was pointing out that the methodology was very different from the effect that they claimed. The authors of the study chained correlations together and asserted a causal effect. This is sloppy science.