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This strikes me as unnecessarily bitter and cynical. Application is a two way street. Would you even want to work for a company like that?
by bruce343434 5y ago
This strikes me as unnecessarily bitter and cynical. Application is a two way street. Would you even want to work for a company like that?
- slothtrop 5y agoA company doesn't necessarily begin and end with the person hiring.
- wiseowise 5y agoIf they pay well – absolutely.
- soneca 5y agoNot bitter at all, not sure where you got that impression from my post. If I have something that does not present me in my best light, why should I volunteer to show it in a hiring process? I am just being practical. I do think all hiring processes have a component of arbitrariness, so I don’t think it is necessarily a bad sign that a company quickly dismiss candidates from poorly-maintained GitHub accounts. I would gladly not show my GitHub and try to get the job showing my skills in some other way.
- poulpy123 5y agoMost people work where they find work, not where they want to work. It's less true in IT, but I'm still betting it's mostly true there