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I hope the keyword is 'did' -- if the hiring process is that robotic and stupid imagine the rest.
by readme 14y ago
I hope the keyword is 'did' -- if the hiring process is that robotic and stupid imagine the rest.
- mrgoldenbrown 14y agoIt's not always that simple. In a big enough organization, there can easily be good parts and bad parts, with the bad parts worth tolerating, especially if the bad part is just an upfront cost like a dumb hiring process. I might put up with some annoying corporate HR crap if it meant I could work at someplace like Xerox PARC in its heyday.
- protomyth 14y agoIt was a DOE national lab, so it still stings a bit. It is probably why I absolutely hate the phrase "fly-over state" and tend to think less of people using it. It is probably also why I have such a visceral reaction to this article http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5069195 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5069195 and its author.