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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.
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.
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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.