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I agree with the gist of this tale. But often languages are used as a proxy for domain experience. If you ask for someone with 10 years Ada experience, my 10 y
by alexjurkiewicz 4y ago
I agree with the gist of this tale. But often languages are used as a proxy for domain experience.
If you ask for someone with 10 years Ada experience, my 10 years of React (or PHP, OCaml, Lisp, whatever) is a clear sign I lack domain experience.
So why not just ask for 10 years of domain experience? Because language experience is harder to lie about or exaggerate.
- kazinator 4y agoIf you ask for someone with 10 years of Ada experience, it also means you're not looking for those domain experts who work in C or C++.
- BlargMcLarg 4y agoBeing proxies isn't the problem. Most things are. What is a problem is the unwillingness to admit a proxy is downright bad, and the reluctance to investigate the efficiency of a proxy. Most of recruiting is individuals stubbornly ignoring research and insisting they know better despite doing nothing that could pinpoint the reason for their success. Not always the recruiters either.