Elsewhere, Giles Bowkett described hiring through networking, HN, blogging, twitter, and so forth as being "inbreeding" and would produce "retarded" results. I

Elsewhere, Giles Bowkett described hiring through networking, HN, blogging, twitter, and so forth as being "inbreeding" and would produce "retarded" results. I <3 Giles! http://www.flickr.com/photos/raganwald/3488885664/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/raganwald/3488885664/ p.s. Giles was positively kind in comparison to discussions elsewhere. It really shows that individual communities do have a very strong cultural bias, which I think supports your point and his: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9s5pd/no_i_wouldnt_hire_a_programmer_that_has_no/ http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9s5pd/no_i_woul...