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"judging a job candidate based on their outside-of-work activities would actually be considered...illegal." No, not in this case. This is relevant to the job.
by techiferous 17y ago
"judging a job candidate based on their outside-of-work activities would actually be considered...illegal."
No, not in this case. This is relevant to the job. An employer can easily ask, "Do you have a software project portfolio?" or "What's your experience in python, professional or otherwise?" It's very much on-topic.
- brown9-2 17y agoWhether you choose to spend your time at home programming or doing something else is relevant to your day job how exactly? I'm not saying that external work and side projects can't lead to experience or knowledge that would make someone a good candidate. Someone might be qualified because of the work they've done on the side. But they can't be disqualified because of a lack of it.
- techiferous 17y ago"Someone might be qualified because of the work they've done on the side. But they can't be disqualified because of a lack of it." I agree 100%.
- gloob 17y agoThe post you are responding to claimed that the practice is legal. You are claiming it is unreasonable. You're arguing past each other.
- philwelch 17y ago"Someone might be qualified because of the work they've done on the side. But they can't be disqualified because of a lack of it." That's kind of a meaningless statement. In a competitive atmosphere, not having a qualification is the same as being disqualified if the other guy has the qualification, and among programmers, the other guy usually does have that qualification.