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Oh yay. Another "if you don't do things my way (which I never back up with anything more than hand-waving - I don't even have actual anecdotes), you're doing it

Oh yay. Another "if you don't do things my way (which I never back up with anything more than hand-waving - I don't even have actual anecdotes), you're doing it wrong" blog post. Whew, what a mouthful. Seriously. Even if we don't play the "anecdotes != data" game, this guy makes a lot of large, sweeping claims without even using personal experience to back it up. There's no "this one time I ignored my own advice and ended up getting burned" - no, the entire post is a giant exercise in supposition. Perhaps more interesting is the fact that the entire rest of his team loved the candidate, and all of their opinions were immediately forfeit because the boss didn't like him. What does this say about the level of confidence and trust that one has in his team when you're so willing to discount their judgment entirely? But by all means, keep these posts coming, they are forming a valuable mental list of people to not work for.

tptacek 14y ago
Perhaps more interesting is the fact that the entire rest of his team loved the candidate, and all of their opinions were immediately forfeit because the boss didn't like him. What does this say about the level of confidence and trust that one has in his team when you're so willing to discount their judgment entirely? I didn't pick this up on the first read, but, yep, there it is, plain as day. Hilarious. A whole team of people interviewed this guy for the role, votes to hire, and then he asks what century of English writing the guy likes best and woosh done. So at the very least you'd think, this guy should be the first interview anyone gets, because if you're not going to pass the "favorite era of English literature" or "favorite aspect of Sino-Indian relations" or "most preferred basket-weaving maneuver" question, you might as well not waste the time.

tptacek 14y ago

Perhaps more interesting is the fact that the entire rest of his team loved the candidate, and all of their opinions were immediately forfeit because the boss didn't like him. What does this say about the level of confidence and trust that one has in his team when you're so willing to discount their judgment entirely? I didn't pick this up on the first read, but, yep, there it is, plain as day. Hilarious. A whole team of people interviewed this guy for the role, votes to hire, and then he asks what century of English writing the guy likes best and woosh done. So at the very least you'd think, this guy should be the first interview anyone gets, because if you're not going to pass the "favorite era of English literature" or "favorite aspect of Sino-Indian relations" or "most preferred basket-weaving maneuver" question, you might as well not waste the time.