I really don't understand what would possess someone to publish something like this. It's one thing to decide that your own company has such little value to yo

I really don't understand what would possess someone to publish something like this. It's one thing to decide that your own company has such little value to you that you'd prefer to damage it by hiring people based on random arbitrary criteria rather than by how well you think they can perform the job. It's another thing entirely to actually decide to publish such idiocy, and tie it to you and your company's image. When hiring for a junior position, you can probably get away with applicants knowing that you're using nonsense criteria. They likely don't care, don't know any better, or have no other options. But some day you're going to want to hire a senior developer, and they're going to do research on your company, and see that your hiring practices are so bad that you let CV-jokes and the presence of profile pictures affect your rankings, and they are going to rightfully identify those as red flags and go elsewhere. I'm also sure many people take special issue with the author's desire for a picture of the applicant on their Github profile, considering how often that kind of thing represents a source of bias in hiring. No, your company should not be encouraging applicants to reveal their race, gender, and physical attractiveness at the time of application so the author can factor those things into his hiring decisions.