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Over-hiring in the zero interest years. It resulted in the hiring of non-qualified personnel and of qualified personnel with no concrete plans on how to utilize

Over-hiring in the zero interest years. It resulted in the hiring of non-qualified personnel and of qualified personnel with no concrete plans on how to utilize them. Either is a buzz kill, especially when the chickens came home to roost with respect to results (revenues) vs ballooned valuations.

throwaway9143 2y ago
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- jimbokun 2y ago
  When someone says “non-qualified”, why do you immediately associate that with minorities in your mind? Sounds like you have some racist biases to work through.
  - karmakurtisaani 2y ago
    My first thought was the boot camp people and the career changers in their 30s and 40s. Not that they're all necessarily unqualified, but not doing the 3-5 years of ground work has to show somehow.
  - throwaway9143 2y ago
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    - foobar502 2y ago
      It’s not what I meant.
    - jimbokun 2y ago
      Next step is cutting out all the articles with suspected dog whistles, taping them to your walls, and connecting them with red string to crack the code.
      - throwaway9143 2y ago
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        jimbokun 2y ago
        “Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to.”
        throwaway9143 2y ago
        I've made this account because I would be fired if my employer read my views. This is about your snarky and sneering comments towards me, not about my user name. Please abide by the site's guidelines.
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- JSDevOps 2y ago
  No, it’s not. You just perceive it that way. Try advertising a job and interviewing candidates for any technical role, and you'll soon understand the point made by that comment. I've had people present the perfect candidate with over 10 years of experience. On paper, you'd think they could rewrite the Linux kernel single-handedly in under a week, but when asked to write a Python script to check if a word is a palindrome, they have no idea. Similarly, candidates appear to know the TCP/IP stack inside out, but when asked to set up basic AWS VPC subnets and routing, they're completely clueless. They just parrot some bargain-basement course answer that is entirely incorrect.
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jimbokun 2y ago
When someone says “non-qualified”, why do you immediately associate that with minorities in your mind? Sounds like you have some racist biases to work through.
- karmakurtisaani 2y ago
  My first thought was the boot camp people and the career changers in their 30s and 40s. Not that they're all necessarily unqualified, but not doing the 3-5 years of ground work has to show somehow.
- throwaway9143 2y ago
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  - foobar502 2y ago
    It’s not what I meant.
  - jimbokun 2y ago
    Next step is cutting out all the articles with suspected dog whistles, taping them to your walls, and connecting them with red string to crack the code.
    - throwaway9143 2y ago
      This comment violates the HackerNews guidelines on snarky and sneering comments. Please review them here https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments
      - jimbokun 2y ago
        “Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to.”
        throwaway9143 2y ago
        I've made this account because I would be fired if my employer read my views. This is about your snarky and sneering comments towards me, not about my user name. Please abide by the site's guidelines.
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JSDevOps 2y ago
No, it’s not. You just perceive it that way. Try advertising a job and interviewing candidates for any technical role, and you'll soon understand the point made by that comment. I've had people present the perfect candidate with over 10 years of experience. On paper, you'd think they could rewrite the Linux kernel single-handedly in under a week, but when asked to write a Python script to check if a word is a palindrome, they have no idea. Similarly, candidates appear to know the TCP/IP stack inside out, but when asked to set up basic AWS VPC subnets and routing, they're completely clueless. They just parrot some bargain-basement course answer that is entirely incorrect.
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