It shouldn't take any. This hiring attitude discriminates against (not an exclusive list) parents, people with caring responsibilities, and those that find "public creativity" difficult due to personality traits or medical issues. It cements the "tech bro" culture. It stifles diversity. Just hire people that can do the job you're paying them for. I don't ask my plumber to show me their blog posts.
It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
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Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#102Unlike another top poster, this doesn't ring true for me. I have a blog with 170-ish posts. About half are technical. Three or four have gone viral on HN. The other half are personal, but I live in a place where people generally share the same values, so those other posts shouldn't be a problem. I've got a personal project. It's used in production and ships as part of the base install with FreeBSD and Mac OSX. It dem…
Is it possible that employers could think that your political aspirations may outweigh your commitment to working consistently for them into the future? Links from your site: https://gavinhoward.com/2020/06/i-am-running-for-office/ https://gab.com/gavinhoward
An employer cannot retaliate if you're running for office or have whatever political beliefs you may have. This is from the California Labor Code, but if I remember correctly, every State has this protection in place:
> Labor Code section 1101 prohibits an employer from preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or preventing employees from becoming candidates for public office.
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
His bio just says "Christian", and doesn't say anything about being a Mormon. Also pretty sure most of the people working on bare metal are not LGBT or furries. Certainly some are, but... what a weird thing to assert.
They mean his blog bio: https://gavinhoward.com/about/
Ah, didn't catch that. The references to living in Utah in some places on his website should have tipped me off, too.
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's funny, because posting that list of businesses is... also pretty petty. As is refusing to wear a mask during a global pandemic. I bet this guy also gets pissed off at the "no shoes, no shirt, no service" signs some businesses have. I know if I was hiring for something and found that post, that'd be an instant no-hire from me.
> It's funny, because posting that list of businesses is... also pretty petty. People boycott things all the time for all kinds of reasons. Some people boycott Israeli businesses due to the Israel/Palestine conflict, other people boycott MyPillow, and others boycott Chik-Fil-A, or more recently Budweiser. The outrage here on HN is a bit annoying, considering this used to be a fairly balanced platform. As a consumer,…
I don't take much issue with personal boycotts but perhaps publishing the list would irk some people?
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it possible that employers could think that your political aspirations may outweigh your commitment to working consistently for them into the future? Links from your site: https://gavinhoward.com/2020/06/i-am-running-for-office/ https://gab.com/gavinhoward
An employer cannot retaliate if you're running for office or have whatever political beliefs you may have. This is from the California Labor Code, but if I remember correctly, every State has this protection in place: > Labor Code section 1101 prohibits an employer from preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or preventing employees from becoming candidates for public office.
Sure but if you never hire them then you don't have to worry about it.
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#106dance monkey, dance!
anyone can plagiarise a github or a blog. you still need to speak to the person. you're just adding even more steps to what is already an insufferably bad experience.
but adding more steps is something we love to do. every solution creating 10 new problems.
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#107The act of taking a serious look at people's github repos, blogs, or whatever else, appears fairly unusual. I've asked.
Your blog, open source contributions, or conference talks are often the thing that gets you to the interview, but I’ve never been asked about them directly during an interview.
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
An employer cannot retaliate if you're running for office or have whatever political beliefs you may have. This is from the California Labor Code, but if I remember correctly, every State has this protection in place: > Labor Code section 1101 prohibits an employer from preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or preventing employees from becoming candidates for public office.
Sure but if you never hire them then you don't have to worry about it.
Yes of course, this is also how people get around ageism (you're simply "not a good fit"). All in all, it still doesn't make it right.
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it possible that employers could think that your political aspirations may outweigh your commitment to working consistently for them into the future? Links from your site: https://gavinhoward.com/2020/06/i-am-running-for-office/ https://gab.com/gavinhoward
An employer cannot retaliate if you're running for office or have whatever political beliefs you may have. This is from the California Labor Code, but if I remember correctly, every State has this protection in place: > Labor Code section 1101 prohibits an employer from preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or preventing employees from becoming candidates for public office.
Of course. But I bet many are quietly influenced by something like this, especially smaller employers who don't want to lose an employee and have to rehire.
Re: It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're using the word "easy" but I think what you describe only seems easy when you have the right attitude and few distractions. For many people, this is actually hard.
"Easy" means it is just your decision whether you want to get it or not (well... most of the time... to get to 1% in most fields). I know if I can spend enough effort I can learn to reasonably play Irish flute, the only question is am I willing to put in the effort? Once I decided I really want to get something, the rest is relatively easy -- yes, that means resolve and the right attitude and some amount of consisten…
by this logic its "easy" to become a champion bodybuilder, an accomplished mathmetician, top of pretty much any sport, and many other things. After all, it just needs sustained focus and effort over a peroid of years, as well as the humility to learn.
Turns out that the ability, support network & lack of distractions to do this is very rare.