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You could be right, but "more qualified" doesn't have to mean "technical expertise in this exact standard". They could easily be weighing factors such as previo

by dahdum 7y ago

You could be right, but "more qualified" doesn't have to mean "technical expertise in this exact standard". They could easily be weighing factors such as previous leadership experience, team/group experience, stated career goals, stated interests, demeanor, or experience in other tangential technologies.

bryanrasmussen 7y ago
there was nothing stated about anything like any of that in the announcement, I mean it was such a close match to me that I was awfully tempted to send back an email "what do you mean more experienced, who is the more experienced person in the country for these things you say you want than I"
- bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  The only thing that makes me think I'm wrong is the consideration that maybe my CV at the time was too crowded, I later had someone improve my CV and after that it started getting more uptake, but even so it was too weird, to make an example here (and note to make the example mean anything I have to use someone famous enough that people will understand it, I am not making any equivalence between us), it would be equivalent to a job announcement saying: You have a very strong background in Ruby on Rails, understanding of Instiki Wiki, and the Basecamp project management software. You have developed at least one open source project that is used by many people, and you should also have developed at least one project management software. Over that it would be nice if you know something about racing cars, and have won the "Hacker of the Year" award at least once. And then when David Heinemeier Hansson applies waiting months to send a reply "we decided to go with someone more qualified" without even interviewing him. Note: I hope I don't get any of those I you are really conceited to compare yourself to Hansson comments, since that is not what I'm doing.

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You could be right, but "more qualified" doesn't have to mean "technical expertise in this exact standard". They could easily be weighing factors such as previo

by dahdum 7y ago

bryanrasmussen 7y ago
there was nothing stated about anything like any of that in the announcement, I mean it was such a close match to me that I was awfully tempted to send back an email "what do you mean more experienced, who is the more experienced person in the country for these things you say you want than I"
- bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  The only thing that makes me think I'm wrong is the consideration that maybe my CV at the time was too crowded, I later had someone improve my CV and after that it started getting more uptake, but even so it was too weird, to make an example here (and note to make the example mean anything I have to use someone famous enough that people will understand it, I am not making any equivalence between us), it would be equivalent to a job announcement saying: You have a very strong background in Ruby on Rails, understanding of Instiki Wiki, and the Basecamp project management software. You have developed at least one open source project that is used by many people, and you should also have developed at least one project management software. Over that it would be nice if you know something about racing cars, and have won the "Hacker of the Year" award at least once. And then when David Heinemeier Hansson applies waiting months to send a reply "we decided to go with someone more qualified" without even interviewing him. Note: I hope I don't get any of those I you are really conceited to compare yourself to Hansson comments, since that is not what I'm doing.