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The B.Sc...means precious little...What’s way more important to me...is the reason why you did it in the first place. If it’s not because you love it then I’m g
by ucee054 14y ago
The B.Sc...means precious little...What’s way more important to me...is the reason why you did it in the first place. If it’s not because you love it then I’m going to be much less interested in retaining your services, even if your technical ability is first rate.
Yet another jackass who pushes his own prejudices over ability to do the job. This is why no HR mechanisms work better than random at hiring the right guy.
- adrianhoward 14y agoPersonally it sounds like a damn effective heuristic to me. I've found the folk who have a passion for their work are the best employees. Technical ability isn't the only factor in being productive - or hiring. Caring about your work is vitally important too. Ideally what I want is ability and passion of course - but the world isn't an ideal place. A technically excellent employee with no passion... well.... in my experience they tend to coast. They do what they're told, and do it well, but they're not the ones who bang on your door first thing in the morning and go 'Have you seen this?!'. The folk banging on the door are the ones that make money. Give me a passionate employee with a clue and I can coach them into technical excellence. I've yet to figure out how to coach passion into somebody who doesn't really care.
- ucee054 14y agoSays someone who's never had to do data cleansing for a living. Try telling me you're "passionate" about that.