IRC as a Hiring Filter

#1

Post by whaley » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 4:12 PM UTC

IRC as a Hiring Filter
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Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

#2

Post by wyldfire » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 5:39 PM UTC

I think shibboleth is a shibboleth.

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

#3

Post by Sir_Cmpwn » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 5:41 PM UTC

Though I fully agree on every point, I worry that IRC has fallen more and more into disuse and finding candidates who use it is going to be more and more difficult over time.

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

#4

Post by mariusz79 » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 5:45 PM UTC

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #3

Though I fully agree on every point, I worry that IRC has fallen more and more into disuse and finding candidates who use it is going to be more and more difficult over time.

But the candidates will be much better :)

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 5:47 PM UTC

mariusz79 wrote: post #4

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #3

Though I fully agree on every point, I worry that IRC has fallen more and more into disuse and finding candidates who use it is going to be more and more difficult over time.

But the candidates will be much better :)

[deleted]

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

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Post by nimbix » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 5:47 PM UTC

To me, nothing sums up IRC of today better than the following line:

* No one in your notify list is on IRC

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

#7

Post by feld » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

I would highly value the ability of someone to use IRC and interact with the authors of the open source software your company is using.

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

#8

Post by juancastro » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 5:52 PM UTC

This is awesome!

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

#9

Post by kristoffer » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 6:00 PM UTC

Pretty ridiculous. Aren't we having problems finding candidates? Why care if they use the most leet irc client or write irc bots?

Recruiting people you find on irc in coding related channels I'm all for that. But it doesn't scale obviously.

Re: IRC as a Hiring Filter

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Post by twiss » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 6:00 PM UTC

I agree that you shouldn't hire someone who is unable to learn to use internal tools, for one because then you use them and they don't.

However, if you wanted to create an easier to use version of IRC/git/whatever, would that be easier if you didn't understand the original or if you did? I'm on the fence about this. I'm glad I remember one thing that confused me about git, although I probably forgot others.