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Re: Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement

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Heck if I wanted to work there I would apply even though it said 'must have' and I didn't. Job ads requirements are basically a way to scare away those who are limited by artificial restrictions.

Not that I want to make every thread a "sexism in tech" discussion, but I have personally noticed more women feeling intimidated and discouraged by overblown and strangely specific bullshit requirements in job listings. So, if you're wondering why you don't get many female applicants to your job listings, maybe you should stop asking for experience in every language from Ada to ZPL.

Nah the reason you get so few applicants is that there are so few females in programming to beging with.

Re: Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement

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The job requirements and qualifications for an entrepreneur and a hedge fund analyst are so different that it's not necessarily inconsistent

I wholeheartedly agree. In this particular case they may be the opposite ones.

I think that's pretty correct, the entrepreneur's role is to disrupt the status quo, which is pretty much the opposite of how finance seems to operate.

Re: Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement

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post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not that I want to make every thread a "sexism in tech" discussion, but I have personally noticed more women feeling intimidated and discouraged by overblown and strangely specific bullshit requirements in job listings. So, if you're wondering why you don't get many female applicants to your job listings, maybe you should stop asking for experience in every language from Ada to ZPL.

Nah the reason you get so few applicants is that there are so few females in programming to beging with.

I don't think this true: despite all talk of elitism, CS classes at universities like Stanford are actually more diverse than technology companies.
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