We only hire the trendiest

Re:We only hire the trendiest by bjourne on Monday March 21, 2016 @02:17PM (#11330345)

It's telling that in your list you never once mentioned "Actually possesses the technical skills required to do a good job."

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Re:We only hire the trendiest by pklausler on Monday March 21, 2016 @04:00PM (#11331363)

Skills become obsolete. Aptitudes don't.

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Re:We only hire the trendiest by grandalf on Monday March 21, 2016 @04:34PM (#11331714)

Exactly.

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Re:We only hire the trendiest by ionforce on Monday March 21, 2016 @06:36PM (#11332745)

I just had this discussion at work... I think that it is implicit in this context that a minimum amount of technical ability be met. Otherwise we'd just be hiring "nice people". Obviously we don't do that.

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