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Honestly, if you weren't in the room you can't tell what happened. It's just as likely that he wasn't a good culture fit.
by quadrature 11y ago
Honestly, if you weren't in the room you can't tell what happened. It's just as likely that he wasn't a good culture fit.
- ryanSrich 11y ago"Cultural fit" - I forgot this term existed outside of the HBO television show "Silicon Valley".
- brobdingnagian 11y agoIt's a nice catchall phrase for all kinds of discrimination that would be illegal if stated explicitly. If we call it a gut feeling or culture fit, it's suddenly legal.
- yarou 11y agoCannot ++ you enough. In my experience, people prefer to surround themselves with those similar to them. The same holds true for any software organization.
- quadrature 11y agoIt is important to work with people who are you are comfortable working with.
- w1ntermute 11y agoJust as it was important to people in the pre-1960s southern US that their children only go to school with children whose families they were "comfortable with." Somehow, they've since (somewhat) figured out how to adjust to their discomfort.