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2012-04
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Cultural Fit and Ageism.
2012-04-08.
I was reading a Coding Horror article by Jeff Atwood about how to hire a programmer. I agree with most of it, although he is clearly hiring his programmer to work in some fancy schmancy Internet startup in Silicon Valley, not out here in the real world of enterprises and business intelligence.
Here’s the part that irritates me when industry people talk about jobs and hiring: “Cultural Fit.” To me, that basically means you’re not going to get hired if you don’t have the right kind of personality and attitude. Your skillset doesn’t matter; you’re being evaluated as a roommate more than a skilled worker.
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