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Path Job Reqs: Active participant on Quora and Twitter (StackOverflow?)

11 points by tzury 16y ago

storborg 16y ago
That's under "Ideally", not "Requirements". But yeah, I think that's a great idea.
- raganwald 16y ago
  I agree with both of your points. The conventional wisdom is that the best predictor of future performance is past results. Since this job's responsibilities are to "Provide service to Path users through email, Get Satisfaction, Twitter, Quora and other mediums," experience using these mediums is obviously ideal. That doesn't necessarily translate to other jobs, but this is one case that seems fairly sound.
  - catshirt 16y ago
    sure, but there's a pretty literal difference between something being a requirement, and something not being a requirement.
    - raganwald 16y ago
      I said I agreed with both of the parent's points, namely: 1. That's under "Ideally", not "Requirements". 2. I think that's a great idea. :-)
      - catshirt 16y ago
        Ah- of course I did see that- but I misinterpreted the rest as a "I agree, but you could consider it a requirement because...". Rereading it I realize that's not the case. Cheers!
        davemorin 16y ago
        We should probably have made this a requirement. I'll push a change now :) Also, thank you for the kind words on this. We think it is an important part of the responsibilities for this post at Path.
tzury 16y ago
I just found it interesting + awesome. I heard that at YC application, you provide your HN username. StackOverflow's Jobs listing is also based on the feature of observing the applicant's social activity in regards to the job in discussion. Saying, HR people are now definitely looking after your activity on the web, perhaps not all of them know where to look (e.g. looking at your facebook's profile, where there is a better source at quora/hn/stack-exchange/etc.)
mahmud 16y ago
That's for a "User Relations" position. Not tech or bizdev.
- chrisbroadfoot 16y ago
  Yes. This is a pretty common 'desired characteristic' for positions like these.
earl 16y ago
The video on their home page is great.
- davemorin 16y ago
  Thank you for the kind words here as well. We put a lot of thought into this one. More to come.

11 points by tzury 16y ago

storborg 16y ago

That's under "Ideally", not "Requirements". But yeah, I think that's a great idea.

raganwald 16y ago
I agree with both of your points. The conventional wisdom is that the best predictor of future performance is past results. Since this job's responsibilities are to "Provide service to Path users through email, Get Satisfaction, Twitter, Quora and other mediums," experience using these mediums is obviously ideal. That doesn't necessarily translate to other jobs, but this is one case that seems fairly sound.
- catshirt 16y ago
  sure, but there's a pretty literal difference between something being a requirement, and something not being a requirement.
  - raganwald 16y ago
    I said I agreed with both of the parent's points, namely: 1. That's under "Ideally", not "Requirements". 2. I think that's a great idea. :-)
    - catshirt 16y ago
      Ah- of course I did see that- but I misinterpreted the rest as a "I agree, but you could consider it a requirement because...". Rereading it I realize that's not the case. Cheers!
      - davemorin 16y ago
        We should probably have made this a requirement. I'll push a change now :) Also, thank you for the kind words on this. We think it is an important part of the responsibilities for this post at Path.

tzury 16y ago

I just found it interesting + awesome. I heard that at YC application, you provide your HN username. StackOverflow's Jobs listing is also based on the feature of observing the applicant's social activity in regards to the job in discussion. Saying, HR people are now definitely looking after your activity on the web, perhaps not all of them know where to look (e.g. looking at your facebook's profile, where there is a better source at quora/hn/stack-exchange/etc.)

mahmud 16y ago

That's for a "User Relations" position. Not tech or bizdev.

chrisbroadfoot 16y ago
Yes. This is a pretty common 'desired characteristic' for positions like these.

earl 16y ago

The video on their home page is great.

davemorin 16y ago
Thank you for the kind words here as well. We put a lot of thought into this one. More to come.