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That's hilarious. I guess it does seem that it is probably true that I would be impressed if somebody applying for a job had managed to elicit such great intere
by jimbo9991 4y ago
That's hilarious. I guess it does seem that it is probably true that I would be impressed if somebody applying for a job had managed to elicit such great interest by their advisor that said advisor would publicly denounce them, in turn risking their own reputations and careers. At a certain point a bad reference becomes a good one I guess.
- hgsgm 4y agoWhy would you want to hire someone who the leading expert in their work says is wrong?
- toomuchtodo 4y agoCertain decision makers are attracted (in a hiring sense) to contrarians or an underdog. Followers rarely revolutionize an industry (or so I’ve been told the thought process goes). To rely on a leading expert as an appeal to authority might get you blindsided.
- hackernewds 4y agoI'm struggling to grasp this logic still. An incompetent person is more likely to be admonished publicly
- eric-burel 4y agoResearchers logic stops to their research, they are bad at HR
- Dalewyn 4y ago>At a certain point a bad reference becomes a good one I guess. "There is no such thing as bad publicity."
- lordgrenville 4y agoKind of the inverse of the Talmud's rule that the sin of speaking badly about someone also covers praising them excessively, on the theory that this will usually lead to pushback.