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Lately I've learned to panic whenever a job candidate starts dropping Docker and Kubernetes in the interview.

• adamcw 9y ago
  That's odd criteria. Mind passing those resumes this way?
• striking 9y ago
  Maybe if they think it's a one-stop solution to hosting problems, yeah. But penalizing candidates just for familiarity with new technology?
  • mathattack 9y ago
    The issue is more on people dropping buzzwords rather than what they're actually doing it for.
    • striking 9y ago
      In my opinion, that's entirely the wrong mentality. If someone gave me a pile of raw buzzwords, or told me they used entirely the wrong tool because of buzzwords, then I'd penalize them, sure. But say they made something wonderful, and it was cleaner and more efficient because of their use of Docker/Kubernetes, and they had taken the time to figure out the tradeoffs inherent to that approach. Is that worth penalizing, from your point of view?
      • mathattack 9y ago
        Of course not. My issue is with leading with the tool, rather than the problem it's solving.