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That’s a great way to hire someone. Have they produced quality product? Hire. Culture games like this speak more about the toxicity of the employer than anythin
by malvosenior 7y ago
That’s a great way to hire someone. Have they produced quality product? Hire. Culture games like this speak more about the toxicity of the employer than anything about the employee. Do you really think subjective questions like this as interpreted by hr or a random manager say anything? It’s purely a power play against the prospective employee.
Good managers can manage all kinds of people. Culture fit is just looking for koolaide drinkers.
- izacus 7y agoGoogle hiers plenty of people out of college who didn't produce a product yet. I'm guessing they want to avoid excluding all of them.
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- malvosenior 7y agoI do expect that even people fresh out of school to have made at least one interesting personal project.
- yoz-y 7y agoPart of the whole diversity thing is to also hire people who do not have programming in their list of hobbies. When I was at uni it was more common than not that people did not have any personal projects.
- malvosenior 7y agoI haven't had good experiences hiring people who don't have personal projects. It's a strong signal that the person is self driven, can do requirements gathering and knows how to ship.
- yoz-y 7y agoWell, people can have other hobbies outside of programming though. Be it sports or something creative. I agree that, in general, people with personal programming projects fare better, but it is not a hard rule for me.