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That seems needlessly ideological. If the engineer can do what you want of them what does it matter what their employment history is?
by guntherhermann 4y ago
That seems needlessly ideological. If the engineer can do what you want of them what does it matter what their employment history is?
- irl_chad 4y agoA lot is being demonstrated with it being on your resume: 1) enjoying the technical challenges of crypto is to me like a guilty pleasure. So do I, but I don’t tell the world about it (outside of this HN comment). 2) such a high % of the people involved in crypto are doing something shady or illegal. Personally I would bet that only a slim slim slim monitory of US crypto holders pay their taxes accurately. For any top security clearance jobs in the US, you can’t have any major outstanding debts, because they could be used as leverage against you. In the same way, hiring a cryptobro looks like an unnecessary risk to me. 3) they probably can’t do the job I need them to do. For example, any front end change to our sales funnel requires a sign off from compliance. Can I trust a cryptobro to work in an environment with stricter rules & compliance requirements? Not really.
- monkey_monkey 4y agoSure, but then again I wouldn't work for a company whose CEO thinks "irl_chad" is a cool name, and talks about being seen in Kyiv in "designer and an iced out Rolex"
- irl_chad 4y agoWell, that was pre war. I was pretty nouveau riche. Then I almost got blown up in combat, and my tastes changed.
- lawgimenez 4y agoAnd who doesn't eat trash food like McDonalds. I just had McDonalds, what a coincidence.
- ejb999 4y agoI'd probably have the same opinion if the resume I got was from someone who worked in the porn industry (developing websites/infrastructure etc) - yea, it is a lot of the same technologies I would be using in a non-porn company, but like it or not, it does give you a bit of insight into someones personality based on the types of jobs they choose to pursue.
- ourmandave 4y agoI've heard porn sites are at the front edge of a lot of web innovation because of scale, etc. And they're not running a ponzi casino, pump-n-dump sh*tcoin platform, or bullshit Web3 scam.
- tirpen 4y agoTo a degree yes it does, since they will almost certainly have to work in a team with other people. Being involved in crypto related things is a huge red flag that the person is most likely deeply immoral, greedy and opportunistic, which are traits that will most likely make the person hard to work with for the other team members. I think throwing them out entirely might be a bit extreme, but stamping them with a big fat red-flag and moving them to the bottom of the pile seems totally reasonable to me.
- guntherhermann 4y ago> Being involved in crypto related things is a huge red flag that the person is most likely deeply immoral, greedy and opportunistic ... This is a huge assumption to make about someone's character when all you know is that they were employed in $CRYPTO_COMPANY_X FROM $START_DATE TO $END_DATE. You are forever tarring someone you don't even know. If you are involved in recruitment it might be worth taking a look at those guesses you are making. Godwin's Law: Let me put it to you this way, would you immediately dismiss or red-flag someone who previously worked at IBM?
- newaccount74 4y agoIf the companies didn't matter, why would you put them on your CV?
- guntherhermann 4y agoBecause they matter to the people you're getting hired by. Are you for real?
- newaccount74 4y agoIt was a retorical question. The companies on your CV obviously matter. Some companies will make a good impression, some companies will make a neutral impression, and some companies will make a bad impression. And with the current situation, I doubt that crypto companies on your CV will be in the first category.