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We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
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Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also in the UK, and I would definitely not be surprised to see candidates show up with suits at places where that’s obviously not required. No one cares. “Pedigree” that’s another question. I did show up in a tailored three-piece suit with a tie and pocket for my interview at Deliveroo (a notorious streetwear influencer now). There was an eyebrow justifiably raised (by a guy in a t-shirt who, I learned afterwards, wa…
I did exactly the same thing for Thread (a fashion/tech startup) - wore the cheapest most unfashionable suit possible, because I was a poor student and needed to wear something that would work for multiple interviews in one trip to London. No one at Thread cared, no one at most of the other places cared, but I got the impression one more corporate place cared. I ended up taking the Thread offer, and despite working w…
Impostor syndrome is one thing — but you might want to know a bit of how fashion is structured if you work at Thread!
I got a ton of points during an interview at a similar company by mentioning my uncle’s fashion brand as something “they might not have heard about”. Instant braggadocious “try me” from the interviewer. Turns out, my uncle’s sneakers are genuinely cool.
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also in the UK, and I would definitely not be surprised to see candidates show up with suits at places where that’s obviously not required. No one cares. “Pedigree” that’s another question. I did show up in a tailored three-piece suit with a tie and pocket for my interview at Deliveroo (a notorious streetwear influencer now). There was an eyebrow justifiably raised (by a guy in a t-shirt who, I learned afterwards, wa…
We had an interviewee showing up in shorts and t-shirt. Turns out he wanted to combine the interview with a tee off time in the afternoon. While not customary (even though we don't wear suits/business attire at our company) he totally got away with it and it didn't affect the interview.
I’ve only interviewed in jeans and a tshirt, never had issue, but was thanked by one company for not showing up in a suit.
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#34> We like to think that we’re different from all those industries that judge people based on appearance, but we do the same thing, only instead of saying that people are a bad fit because they don’t wear ties, we say they’re a bad fit because they do, and instead of saying people aren’t smart enough because they don’t have the right pedigree… wait, that’s exactly the same. This is a great quote and an interesting poi…
"I fear I might if they continued to wear something overly formal at work" Why would you be bothered about what someone wears at work - formal or informal?
I would be bothered that someone dressing excessively formal might act excessively formally - after all, dressing formally is normally a deliberate display of conformity.
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#35I always forget how much the enlightened community of Hacker News loves to downvote comments drawing attention to the heavily young white privileged male-centric hiring policies of many tech companies. Honestly, you'd think I'd learn, that this community does not like to be reminded quite how regressive our gender, class and racial politics looks to the outside world.
The outside world being outside of America where pretty much no one cares?
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#36> We like to think that we’re different from all those industries that judge people based on appearance, but we do the same thing, only instead of saying that people are a bad fit because they don’t wear ties, we say they’re a bad fit because they do, and instead of saying people aren’t smart enough because they don’t have the right pedigree… wait, that’s exactly the same. This is a great quote and an interesting poi…
Also in the UK, and I would definitely not be surprised to see candidates show up with suits at places where that’s obviously not required. No one cares. “Pedigree” that’s another question. I did show up in a tailored three-piece suit with a tie and pocket for my interview at Deliveroo (a notorious streetwear influencer now). There was an eyebrow justifiably raised (by a guy in a t-shirt who, I learned afterwards, wa…
Dude, were your interviewing as a software developer or as a delivery man? For the former, I'd rock up in a suit and a bike helmet, but only if I really did ride my bike to the interview.
As it was, I interviewed for Google in a suit (no helmet, I took a bus), even though the instructions recommended against it. This was in Switzerland; and as far as I can tell, nobody even noticed, let alone cared, what I was wearing.
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#37It's strange that this article does not appear in the RSS/Atom feed: https://danluu.com/atom.xml Is that feed broken? I was quite surprised finding this via my secondary news sources (HN, etc.) rather than my primary news sources (RSS/Atom feeds of blogs I follow).
I think there's a simple answer to this: this is an old post and thus won't be covered by the "10 newest posts" feed.
It's from March 2016.
Source: https://danluu.com/
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
This. It's all about using the right tool for the job, and if you only have a hammer, you start treating everything as a nail. I've used Java, .NET, PHP, Node, Ruby, Python and more in my career - each one for different uses and where there was a good fit.
It is also finding a balance of course. All these technologies you mention are good for most webdevelopment projects. No point in writing everything in a different language
True but it does show exploration and curiosity to at least try another language or two. If you’ve been doing .NET or PHP for 5+ years without even trying something else I’d treat it as a red flag too.
Level of interest is the #1 quality in the great programmers I’ve been around. If you aren’t exploring even a little that’s a concern.
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
This. It's all about using the right tool for the job, and if you only have a hammer, you start treating everything as a nail. I've used Java, .NET, PHP, Node, Ruby, Python and more in my career - each one for different uses and where there was a good fit.
It is also finding a balance of course. All these technologies you mention are good for most webdevelopment projects. No point in writing everything in a different language
I was about to say that too. I've also used many languages (PHP, Java, C#, JavaScript, C, C++, Scala, Haskell), and even though one language might have been especially good for the task at hand, it would not have been so much harder to do it in one of the other languages. I feel like a statement like "use the right tool for the job" is pretty meaningless.
Re: We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)
#40I always forget how much the enlightened community of Hacker News loves to downvote comments drawing attention to the heavily young white privileged male-centric hiring policies of many tech companies. Honestly, you'd think I'd learn, that this community does not like to be reminded quite how regressive our gender, class and racial politics looks to the outside world.
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