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> The completion of a formal education is much more important than the institution From https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0003 https://rfd.shared.oxide.com

> The completion of a formal education is much more important than the institution From https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0003 https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0003 -- which was top of mind since I started looking at the postings after reading the article. ;-)

anonfordays 1y ago
That section is comedic gold. It reads like a character from Silicon Valley opining on hiring "only the finest." Poe's Law hilarity.
- JonChesterfield 1y ago
  Looks coherent and well considered to me. Oxide can't really get away with hiring friendly-but-incompetent. I liked this section from the written part, that looks worth doing as a self reflection exercise. > What work have you found most challenging in your career and why? > What work have you done that you are particularly proud of and why? > When have you been happiest in your professional career and why? > When have you been unhappiest in your professional career and why?
  - anonfordays 1y ago
    >Looks coherent and well considered to me. It's some of the blandest HR takes I've read. Besides, I was referencing the hilarious credentialism, where a degree isn't required wink wink, but they wouldn't entertain you if you don't have one.
steveklabnik 1y ago
It's not saying that doing so is a requirement, it's saying that, if you have a degree, the fact that you have one is more important than where it is from. I dropped out of school, had terrible grades, and ended up going back and finishing, but still got like a 2.something GPA. The subject of school never came up. When I review applicants, I don't rate them poorly if they didn't get a degree.
- everial 1y ago
  That's totally fair! I just sympathize with gp as the quoted section and the sentence that emphasizes "completion" from the last paragraph are easy to misinterpret as "you should have finished a four-year degree". e: hopefully clearer, but tired and still commenting on the internet, so who knows. =)

anonfordays 1y ago

That section is comedic gold. It reads like a character from Silicon Valley opining on hiring "only the finest." Poe's Law hilarity.

JonChesterfield 1y ago
Looks coherent and well considered to me. Oxide can't really get away with hiring friendly-but-incompetent. I liked this section from the written part, that looks worth doing as a self reflection exercise. > What work have you found most challenging in your career and why? > What work have you done that you are particularly proud of and why? > When have you been happiest in your professional career and why? > When have you been unhappiest in your professional career and why?
- anonfordays 1y ago
  >Looks coherent and well considered to me. It's some of the blandest HR takes I've read. Besides, I was referencing the hilarious credentialism, where a degree isn't required wink wink, but they wouldn't entertain you if you don't have one.

steveklabnik 1y ago

It's not saying that doing so is a requirement, it's saying that, if you have a degree, the fact that you have one is more important than where it is from. I dropped out of school, had terrible grades, and ended up going back and finishing, but still got like a 2.something GPA. The subject of school never came up. When I review applicants, I don't rate them poorly if they didn't get a degree.

everial 1y ago
That's totally fair! I just sympathize with gp as the quoted section and the sentence that emphasizes "completion" from the last paragraph are easy to misinterpret as "you should have finished a four-year degree". e: hopefully clearer, but tired and still commenting on the internet, so who knows. =)