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>to which I would ask why he cares? Do you think he didn't think enough about the reasons he stated in TFA for why he cares? Or they're not good reasons? He s
by lainga 5y ago
>to which I would ask why he cares?
Do you think he didn't think enough about the reasons he stated in TFA for why he cares? Or they're not good reasons?
He says, from the employer's perspective,
"$200k a year can attract people who actually know what they’re doing. Maybe a math or econ PhD. Maybe a Microsoft Excel pros with 10 years of finance sector experience";
from the prospective employee's,
"The aggregate effect of this practice being widespread is that talented people with unusual backgrounds get gatekept out of good paying jobs that they’d be exceptional at. ... The job post excludes people not based on aptitude, but based on whether they have previous experience and familiarity with a tool they could be introduced to and then master in under 15 minutes."
- tqi 5y agoI think reason he gives about gatekeeping is only weakly related to the bulk of the article. The point is that job listings shouldn't be arbitrarily specific is an obvious one that most already agree with, and was a thin excuse to show off his deep knowledge of modeling jargon.