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This is a good analogy but inadequate. What Dan is saying goes beyond that. In the scenario you're describing, it is rational to prefer those recruits—for exa
by cxr 4y ago
This is a good analogy but inadequate. What Dan is saying goes beyond that. In the scenario you're describing, it is rational to prefer those recruits—for exactly those reasons. The behavior that Dan describes involves a heap of irrationality.
Dan's piece that he linked (about "Mike") really is important to understand the thing that he's referring to.
<http://danluu.com/programmer-moneyball/ http://danluu.com/programmer-moneyball/>
(Kudos on being able to yes-and the post, though. Huge swaths of HN's user base somehow lacks this ability and shows the proof any time some of Dan's writing shows up here.)
- anonymoushn 4y ago> Huge swaths of HN's user base somehow lacks this ability and shows the proof any time some of Dan's writing shows up here. I've found this comment section to be a bit shocking, to be honest. I thought a message like "Trendy hiring managers will discriminate against you if you work for Walgreens or a bank or use a Microsoft stack, compared to if you have no professional experience" would be simple enough to be successfully transmitted to readers.