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I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by LeafItAlone »

hollowonepl wrote: post #176

Good findings, the rest not surprising tho.. online recruitment doesn't work at all these days. most likely your app wasn't read by anybody meaningful and did not trigger right flags in the HR system to even be spotted by clueless ladies working there. This post can give you some visibility unless somebody sees it as frustration/negativity then they won't bother either. aside of the core topic, best way to get a job…

>spotted by clueless ladies working there

Why the need for the sexist addition of ladies? People of all sexes and genders in HR can be clueless.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by tomrod »

arglebarnacle wrote: post #190
hollowonepl wrote: post #176

Good findings, the rest not surprising tho.. online recruitment doesn't work at all these days. most likely your app wasn't read by anybody meaningful and did not trigger right flags in the HR system to even be spotted by clueless ladies working there. This post can give you some visibility unless somebody sees it as frustration/negativity then they won't bother either. aside of the core topic, best way to get a job…

I assume your choice to describe average HR reps as “clueless ladies” isn’t meant to suggest that you respect e.g. women software engineers on your team any less. But if the gender of the clueless HR employees isn’t relevant, why mention it? Maybe worth reflecting on whether calling them clueless ladies rhetorically emphasizes their cluelessness

The OP should have left off "ladies" as that was unnecessary -- clueless is a sufficient descriptor for many people in many roles (whether genuine behavior, strategic fiefdoming, or learned helplessness).

Here is the US BLS breakout of demographics by occupation category: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by atommclain »

0xpgm wrote: post #142

I'm with Luke Smith [1] when it comes to non-copyleft licenses like MIT. Andrew Tanenbaum of the MINIX fame was similarly surprised to find that Intel had quietly included the OS he wrote in Intel chips, making it perhaps the most widely used OS in the world. He seemed disappointed no one ever reached out to him to tell him about it [2] [1]: https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/why-i-use-the-gpl-and-not-cuc... [2]: https:/…

To intentionally mix metaphors, I can't believe I'm about to knowingly kick this well worn hornets nest.

It seems obvious that if Tanenbaum, or any open source project used a GP license in lieu of a permissive legally familiar license like MIT or BSD, the likelihood of the project being used in a commercial product would reduce to nearly zero. Intel would have used a different OS for their management engine.

I'm glad the GPL exists and believe the world is a better place because of it, but it feels like more and more it's salad days are in the past and the world has moved on.

The ops experience reminds me of the story of the maintainer of homebrew that despite widely being used at google was not able to be hired for a job there. It's disappointing and feels unjust, and I wish it was different.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by petcat »

skeezyboy wrote: post #188
itsalotoffun wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly this. No amount of cred, smarts, and genius that ends with "and I'm a bit of dick" will save you from my automatic red-line veto when hiring. I'm far from alone in this.

umm, linus torvalds, richard stallman, elon musk to name a few

None of those people ever applied for a job at Big Corp where one of the most important aspects is to be able to work well with other people and tactfully navigate the social structure of the company.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by AlecSchueler »

hollowonepl wrote: post #176

Good findings, the rest not surprising tho.. online recruitment doesn't work at all these days. most likely your app wasn't read by anybody meaningful and did not trigger right flags in the HR system to even be spotted by clueless ladies working there. This post can give you some visibility unless somebody sees it as frustration/negativity then they won't bother either. aside of the core topic, best way to get a job…

> clueless ladies

Come on...

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by steeleyespan »

arglebarnacle wrote: post #190
hollowonepl wrote: post #176

Good findings, the rest not surprising tho.. online recruitment doesn't work at all these days. most likely your app wasn't read by anybody meaningful and did not trigger right flags in the HR system to even be spotted by clueless ladies working there. This post can give you some visibility unless somebody sees it as frustration/negativity then they won't bother either. aside of the core topic, best way to get a job…

I assume your choice to describe average HR reps as “clueless ladies” isn’t meant to suggest that you respect e.g. women software engineers on your team any less. But if the gender of the clueless HR employees isn’t relevant, why mention it? Maybe worth reflecting on whether calling them clueless ladies rhetorically emphasizes their cluelessness

Reality denial and picking on people who state simple truth is evil.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by wongarsu »

tomrod wrote: post #192
arglebarnacle wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume your choice to describe average HR reps as “clueless ladies” isn’t meant to suggest that you respect e.g. women software engineers on your team any less. But if the gender of the clueless HR employees isn’t relevant, why mention it? Maybe worth reflecting on whether calling them clueless ladies rhetorically emphasizes their cluelessness

The OP should have left off "ladies" as that was unnecessary -- clueless is a sufficient descriptor for many people in many roles (whether genuine behavior, strategic fiefdoming, or learned helplessness). Here is the US BLS breakout of demographics by occupation category: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm

To save everyone the click: HR managers: 76% female, HR workers: 75% female, HR assistants: 84% female.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by planb »

steeleyespan wrote: post #196
arglebarnacle wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume your choice to describe average HR reps as “clueless ladies” isn’t meant to suggest that you respect e.g. women software engineers on your team any less. But if the gender of the clueless HR employees isn’t relevant, why mention it? Maybe worth reflecting on whether calling them clueless ladies rhetorically emphasizes their cluelessness

Reality denial and picking on people who state simple truth is evil.

Yes - people in HR departments are often female and often clueless, but I don't see the parent denying this. The wording of OP connected both though, which is sexist and can be considered "evil".

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by antihero »

mac-mc wrote: post #92
ArcHound wrote: post #11

I'll say it: why would they pay him if he's already doing the work for free from their PoV? Oh, they ignored him. I am not sure if that puts the company in a better light.

Lets make a new license: If you wont hire me, use my library and make over $100m in revenue a year, you must pay a commercial license to use my software equivalent to the total cost (equity grants included) of an average principal engineer or director who manages 50+ people at your company in your highest COL metro, whichever is higher. For OSS work that isn't mostly one author, make it go to the foundation for the O…

Couldn't they just get Opus to rewrite the lib?

The model probably has the lib in it tbh.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

JdeBP wrote: post #184
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you feel like Claptrap did?[0]. In all seriousness, good work. Sorry about the rejection, but it reminds me of the story about the Homebrew guy getting rejected by Google[1]. [0] https://youtu.be/hDzWw5rfefQ [1] https://x.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768

As discussed at length on this page at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44808807 .

Cool. Thanks for the link, but I wasn't actually trying to steal anyone's thunder, and ... I did read the article. Just felt that it wouldn't hurt to link to it.

Also, that discussion gets pretty mean. Didn't feel like I wanted to send people there. I just wanted to give the guy a pat on the back, and bring some humor into it. Been there. Sucks.

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