Fraztastic

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by Fraztastic 9y ago
I don't know if anyone here has exposure to the recruiting side of things. Friends who have worked recruiting for Facebook have told me of very blatant and direct age discrimination for the older set; regardless of their talent & e
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by Fraztastic 9y ago
Try applying for a job as if you don't have any professional experience. Almost everyone wants Python, Java, and something with 'C' in the name for junior positions. However, in my limited experience, they only (reasonably) e
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by Fraztastic 9y ago
Those are reasonable requirements, except the 'no large companies' and 'no stupid apps' probably contradict each other. Please stop acting as if tech hiring is beyond criticism.
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by Fraztastic 9y ago
Article seems not very well written. Even the initial "You might expect a less corrupt exam system to allow ability to shine through regardless of the economic status of the students" doesn't make sense on its face. Why would
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by Fraztastic 9y ago
They can build functional, well-written products and solve complex problems, but they don't know this arbitrary task-specific trivia! Terrible!
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by Fraztastic 10y ago
Manager has piss poor communication then "solves" it by threatening to fire people. Genius.
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by Fraztastic 10y ago
Obviously true. Women as a group are shorter than men as group, but some women are taller than some men. That seems so trivially obvious as to not bear mentioning. But, there's a substantial amount of evidence that if you pair up a wom
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by Fraztastic 10y ago
There's an overwhelming amount of evidence, you could put the slightest bit of effort into looking it up. Being privileged isn't something that takes effort or one is guilty of. Let's say I'm 6' 4"; it's i
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by Fraztastic 10y ago
Then you're selecting for people who are overconfident blowhards, who don't really know as much as they think they do.
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by Fraztastic 10y ago
Difficulty doesn't make things 'sacred' unless you're obsessed & delusional. It would be difficult to stand on one-leg for 40 hours but it would also be pointless & stupid, not 'sacred'.
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by Fraztastic 10y ago
No, I don't need to make my whole life about X to be decent at X.
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by Fraztastic 11y ago
"Just splashing around. Keep looking" "Seems ok. Keep looking" Lifeguard grabs him 1 second later...