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> This might be excluding anybody that cannot work after hours, for a reason or another. Maybe I'm reading into this but I see this type of response a lot on H
by gfxgirl 4y ago
> This might be excluding anybody that cannot work after hours, for a reason or another.
Maybe I'm reading into this but I see this type of response a lot on HN.
> A: You need experience. Get some after hours
> B: I don't have any time after hours. It's not fair
Like gees! What do you expect?
B: I wanna be guitar player in a rock band
A: Well, if you don't play guitar, take lessons after hours
B: I don't have any time after hours
A: So what do you expect me to do about it? I'm not about to add someone who's never played guitar and can't demonstrate the skills as a guitarist in my band. It's not my problem that you can't play, don't have the time to learn, and yet want to be in my band.
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Same for any company: So what do you expect me to do about it? I'm not about to add someone who's never programmed games and can't demonstrate the skills as a game programmer in my team. It's not my problem that you can't code games, don't have the time to learn, and yet want to be in my gamedev company.
- 000001010011100 4y agoJudging by this response you don't seem to have many things that could or would take up your spare time. Please, please please think about you comment when/if you ever have kids. I guarantee your perspective will have changed a great deal.
- flippinburgers 4y agoOne of the very real sacrifices of becoming a parent is that your ability to just try out new stuff be it a job or a hobby becomes very limited.
- ttyprintk 4y agoShould number of kids come up in a job interview?
- badpun 4y agoIt's not possible to have it all in life. The choice of having kids (and being a good and responsible parent to them) obviously closes some other doors.
- RadiozRadioz 4y agoThis person is speaking from the employer's perspective, I struggle to see how becoming a parent would change the equation for their side. They want to hire people who already have some degree of relevant experience. That is a reasonable requirement. If that excludes some parents who don't have time, so be it. Being a parent is one of many lifestyle choices that can limit one's ability to arrive at an interview with sufficient background knowledge. It does not warrant special treatment & exception just because it's parenting.
- robswc 4y agoTotally agree. I really don't understand what people think the solution should be. If person A has 10,000 hours (because they've been doing something for years) and person B has 1,000 hours (because they had other commitments) you ofc (save other reasons) have to hire person A. It sucks but I genuinely don't know what else to say. I work in quantitative trading and the number of people that think they can just throw a script together and make money is... well, if I had a dollar for each...