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   by mattydorey 16y ago

   Wow. This was our PR firm. They took the liberty of getting involved in the discussion. Sorry, this is totally inappropriate and lame.
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   by mattydorey 16y ago

   That's why it says "Things we’re looking for in terms of more specific skill-sets and experience:" and not "We REQUIRE you to have 8 years experience for each one of these bullets:". That would obviously be absurd.
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   by mattydorey 16y ago

   Well, we've managed to build a large and talented dev team with this approach thus far. I guess once we start having difficulty finding capable devs we'll have to lower the bar. Sigh.
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   by mattydorey 16y ago

   Thanks all, this is good feedback. The intent behind this was to innovate in this area by making the posting stick out so that the posting gets more visibility but also helps weed out candidates. We are looking for one person and we want to
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   How to write a dev job post that inspires people and doesn't suck(mattdorey.com)

   19 points by mattydorey 16y ago|24 comments