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Question: If you were hiring a new developer and you did a Google "background check" and found this article. Would you hire her?
by smallegan 15y ago
Question: If you were hiring a new developer and you did a Google "background check" and found this article. Would you hire her?
- garann 15y agoThat's an excellent question. I hope you get some answers soon, because if there are companies who wouldn't hire someone on the basis of her belief that people in her industry shouldn't be treated as commodities, I want to avoid them.
- smallegan 15y agoI'm not sure I would hire her... she makes some very valid points but in a very vulgar way. Based on a quick search she uses the word fuck 5 times and shit 9 times in one article. Overall the article seems pretty negative and I'm not saying all developers need to fart rainbows and whistle dixie all day long but I've seen a few jaded developers kill the productivity of an otherwise great team of developers in the past and I'm not sure it is worth the risk.
- jaylevitt 15y agoIf not, would you also not hire Zed Shaw? If not, explain why.