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Bill Gates Resume (1974)

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Re: Bill Gates Resume (1974)

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Post by erikpukinskis »

jimmaswell wrote: post #63
quietthrow wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Attractability” of a candidate was not limited to their skills. As in some parts of the world today we know that these things are largely orthogonal to performance at job. As rational and simple as that sounds today, back in the day knowing these details was equally rational and simple. We just find it difficult to get that point of view since we didn’t live in that time. This is the same as ageism today. “Young peo…

Is the belief really that age is irrelevant to mental performance, or do we just want people to be able to continue being employed for moral reasons?

It’s the same issue as gender or race discrimination. There are often differences in means, but because within group differences are an order of magnitude larger than between group differences, from the perspective of any two individuals trying to understand each other, group membership gives you no meaningful information.

Knowing the averages will actually make you worse at assessment.

Re: Bill Gates Resume (1974)

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Post by [deleted] »

amelius wrote: post #55
cosmodisk wrote: post #39

Pay attention to the $15K salary he wants- that's about $75K in today's money. Not much has changed,even though companies nowadays make many tons more money from the dev work...

That's not the salary he wants, it's his salary at the time of writing of the CV. His desired salary is listed as "open".

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Re: Bill Gates Resume (1974)

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Post by ken »

jpochtar wrote: post #33

This is the first I've seen mention Bill Gates knows LISP. Are there any famous programmers who don't know LISP?

Certainly. For example, I've never heard Zuckerberg and Lisp mentioned together, and the use of PHP suggests he's not really a PL nerd.

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Post by tempguy9999 »

gopalakrishnans wrote: post #9
Waterluvian wrote: post #2

Despite it being a violation today, I get the point of wanting to know marital status. But why height and weight?

In India, I remember submitting a passport size photograph with all the resumes I submitted during college/campus interviews. When I moved to US, I realized that was not a requirement.

FYI I worked for a largish UK recruitment company. A lot of CVs had photos. They made not a whit of difference to the recruiters. When the CV was entered onto the database, any images were stripped anyway. I imagine - though did not see - any especially hot chicks were noticed but I guarantee it did not change their chances of being placed. The recruiters just don't care.

Re: Bill Gates Resume (1974)

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Post by EB66 »

The Seattle address listed in the upper left hand corner of his resume is in one of the nicest spots in one of the nicest neighborhoods in Seattle. Sweeping views of Lake Washington. From that house he could see the site where he lives now in Medina.

Re: Bill Gates Resume (1974)

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Post by codysan »

segmondy wrote: post #58
cosmodisk wrote: post #39

Pay attention to the $15K salary he wants- that's about $75K in today's money. Not much has changed,even though companies nowadays make many tons more money from the dev work...

Interesting that you paid attention to his salary. What about his course work? What about the hardware and languages he knows? He was more skilled than the average developer today in his freshman year.

His developer chops were why he was making such bank at 18 years old. Still though, his salary is probably the most interesting takeaway from all of this (that, or the whole listing your height & weight thing).

Re: Bill Gates Resume (1974)

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Post by a1pulley »

cosmodisk wrote: post #41
lrem wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hehe. I've been going around telling how my wife is nine months pregnant, asking how the paternity benefits are.

Any success getting a job after mentioning it?

I mentioned my newborn in all of my job interviews because I didn't want any surprises on either side of the table. I interviewed at six places and got five offers - two at FANGs, three at unicorns. I don't think there's a culture of discrimination against young fathers at large companies, and I don't think it's necessarily bad if there is at early-stage, high-growth start ups.
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