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Turning a hiring mistake into linkbait -- you stay classy, JCal.
Even extreme self-promotion doesn't go this far. People may be bad at calculating risks, but the risk of negative PR is one that we seldom underestimate.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
When do you know that somebody can be trusted again? Serious question - I am not sure about the best way to go about it. A spontaneous feeling would be that maybe someone should earn the trust somehow, so I wouldn't necessarily simply put them in a position where they can do the same things they did before. (Like not employing child abusers in child care). Anyway, it is hard to tell without knowing more about the per…
Trust: hard to earn, easy to lose and impossible to get back.
One can only have a morally superior attitude that denies the restoration of trust if you imagine that you'll never make a mistake.
I wonder if he feels differently about point #16 in his famous "How to save money running a startup" ( http://calacanis.com/2008/03/07/how-to-save-money-running-a-... ) from last year: 16) Don’t waste money on recruiters. Get inside of linkedin and Facebook and start looking for people -- it works better anyway.
Have you dealt with many recruiters? I seriously doubt that most recruiters would have done a better job in this situation.
I know 'innocent until proven guilty' and all that, but I'm still pretty surprised that a judge would allow someone who is about to go on trial for computer fraud and hacking find work at a computer company and use the internet.
I wouldn't doubt that the conditions minimized or prevented his use of computers outside of work-related purposes.
Turning a hiring mistake into linkbait -- you stay classy, JCal.
how can you skip doing a Google search when you are employing someone?