I strongly agree that something like that is the best approach. I'm developing a process I'll call YRR (for Yes, Real and Reciprocal) to define one particular t

I strongly agree that something like that is the best approach. I'm developing a process I'll call YRR (for Yes, Real and Reciprocal) to define one particular take on this idea. I'm going to try to enforce using it on others, as much as I can, going forward. So tired of people making guesses. So tired of "tell me your life story", so tired of being told I'm under-qualified or over-qualified for things I know I can do and clearly have a track record of doing, etc. So much time wasted on meta instead of doing the real things itself we want. And too many formal/bureaucratic hoops, unpaid, people expect you to jump through. The traditional recruiting/applying/hiring process, at least as its done in the more formal parts of the software development field is badly broken, almost a circus not to be taken seriously. Can it work sometimes? Of course. Could it be done much much better? Hell yes.