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The link is to a specific comment that the author replies to. Someone asks: "Are there particulars attributes or beats you’re looking to fill for as you staff
by chaghalibaghali 13y ago
The link is to a specific comment that the author replies to.
Someone asks:
"Are there particulars attributes or beats you’re looking to fill for as you staff up with reporters?"
and he replies:
"Not white. Not male. Fast. Interested in reporting as a live, iterative process that plays out on the internet as well as one where you go away for six weeks and come back with 4,000 words. Eager to make a name for themselves. Beat-wise, intelligence and national security are obviously important to us at the initial stages, but I’m more interested in good capable people who can apply their skills to all manner of stories than subject-area experts."
- astrodust 13y agoIt's a fair answer to a fair question. "What would you like to see?" is different from "What are your hiring criteria?" HN should be filled with outrage at the "discrimination" of job postings demanding 10 years of experience with Go or Rust.
- AnimalMuppet 13y agoSo, what, you want us to save our outrage for situations where it's actually warranted? That sounds un-American as well as un-internet. (But maybe it sounds very HN.)