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When I worked at a small consultancy, we had similar requirements, Masters or higher. I asked our hiring manager (who himself was a 22-year-old student) why the
by shezi 5y ago
When I worked at a small consultancy, we had similar requirements, Masters or higher. I asked our hiring manager (who himself was a 22-year-old student) why they did that. He told me that in any week they'd get 100 applicants, while hiring only about one dev per month. Sure, by requiring a degree they'd weed out a handful of great people, but also literal hundreds of idiots. And while there are idiots with degrees (as evidenced by the 80:1 hiring ratio), the number is apparently much smaller than for the general population.
I did not and do not agree with the practice, but I can also understand why it is in place.
- clutchdude 5y agoThis reminded me of another story I read in 2012 that was actually posted here. Any sort of low level job would easily get 200+ applications. A hiring manager threw away half the resumes to cut down on review time: "I don't like unlucky people." 1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3804134 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3804134 2 - https://web.archive.org/web/20130116104843/http://raganwald.posterous.com/i-dont-hire-unlucky-people https://web.archive.org/web/20130116104843/http://raganwald....