Engineer claims he has been blacklisted by Chrysler for 17 years • Hacker News Board

Re: Engineer claims he has been blacklisted by Chrysler for 17 years

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Post by progressive_dad » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 7:30 PM UTC

overcast wrote: post #20

progressive_dad wrote: post #13

I think we've all seen a good engineer get fired because he's a pushover. You know who doesn't get fired? Story time: We had the most brilliant and insufferable devops engineer I've ever met. I don't mean just your standard grump overworked sys admin. This guy was a treasure. 1) Previously all engineers had 20% time and would work on personal projects. We had a ton of extra servers lying around and it was fairly simp…

Out of all of the asinine startup job postings looking for "rock stars", this guy is truly one. Awesome.

They broke the mold when they made him.

Re: Engineer claims he has been blacklisted by Chrysler for 17 years

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Post by sliverstorm » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 7:52 PM UTC

steven2012 wrote: post #24

ricardobeat wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't you think there is a good chance his mental illness is actually a result of being consumed by such an awkward situation? The details he provides about proof of employment and wrong-doing by Chrysler when asked to confirm it are very clear. If those are real, we can't tell - this looks like something a good journalist would be able to uncover, and maybe help achieving some kind of closure.

No I don't think so. It sounds like he was fired for at the very least strange behavior, and all of his potential employers picked up on it. If he were technically good, it wouldn't matter what Chrysler said. But it seems like he's not technically good.

Maybe an awesome engineer in tech can get hired even if his past employers deny employing him. But what about a perfectly average engineer in something more traditional like automobiles? It's my understanding tech is pretty unique in being "less" sensitive about pedigree.

Re: Engineer claims he has been blacklisted by Chrysler for 17 years

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Post by Tiksi » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 11:20 PM UTC

Dagwoodie wrote: post #11

Why didn't he seek a (temporary) job in the service industry? Even flipping burgers would be better than being homeless. His story and writing style makes me believe he's a smart guy but possibly he unintentionally offends everyone he meets and either doesn't realize it or can't understand why.

A lot of service industry jobs won't hire people that are "overqualified" because they know those people likely won't stay long.