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It baffles me why anyone would lie about the languages they know. Why. Always tell half truths, never whole lies. I live in a country where companies distrust
by vagrantJin 6y ago
It baffles me why anyone would lie about the languages they know. Why.
Always tell half truths, never whole lies. I live in a country where companies distrust former startup founders regardless of exit. So when a good opportunity cones around - people pretend to have been merely working for said startup instead of the guy running it. Thats a good lie.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoWhy does South Africa mistrust startup founders? Denmark mistrusts people who've been consultants applying for full time employment, in my experience.
- goatinaboat 6y agoDenmark mistrusts people who've been consultants applying for full time employment, in my experience That is because of Janteloven
- dgellow 6y agoCould you give more context?
- goatinaboat 6y agoSee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante#Definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante#Definition
- prepend 6y agoThis is the opposite of the “you is special” scene from The Help [0]. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/192640-you-is-kind-you-is-smart-you-is-important https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/192640-you-is-kind-you-is-s...
- dgellow 6y agoThat has a strong Fightclub vibe.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoThe 12th law of Jante is that you are not to think you are good enough to change the laws of Jante.
- barry-cotter 6y agoSame reason, flight risk. You’ve shown independence already.
- vagrantJin 6y agoIt's a deep mistrust of enterprising individuals. A recruiter told me that companies want people with an employee mindset. I didn't know whether to be disgusted or roll on the floor laughing.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoBecause there's good money to be made, even if they don't do any productive work. Second, they can learn on the job. But, niceness and political correctness aside, there's a percentage of people working in IT who are simply incompetent. They do not have the 'knack', and will never get it. They struggle to make some code edits here and there, and somehow that's good enough for some employers. Someone at some point made a statement that you could probably make do with only 10% of the software engineering workforce if they're actually competent people. A lot of it is just overhead for mediocrity.