Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech industry

Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by bpchaps on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:56AM (#11581579)

One possible reason is that the brony thing on his github might be a legit turnoff for employers. It's silly, but it's possible. The two people I talk to more than anyone else in this world are bronies (to the extent of going to conventions and whatnot) and have similar issues. Hell, I still don't understand it and find myself irrationally judging them for it, and that's even after daily exposure to it.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by Etheryte on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @12:01PM (#11581638)

While this sounds funny and immature, it's also the first thing I noticed when looking at his Github page. I noticed his commit activity second.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by mixmastamyk on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @12:27PM (#11581900)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Brony

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by hvoiiita on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @02:38PM (#11583276)

I agree. I cringed when I checked out his Github profile because its one of those things that immediately throw up a red flag.

To each their own on their personal time, but you can't seriously expect that being associated with a stigmatized hobby is going to gain you anything.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by brazzledazzle on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @04:26PM (#11584230)

While it's hardly fair I have to agree. I'm acquainted with a few and they are generally cool people but part of the brony identity does seem to be tied directly to the stigma against them. I wonder if feeling like they have to hide it makes them more resistant to hiding it?

It's such a silly thing, but humans are animals and we have annoying or shitty things like pack/tribe mentalities.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by bpchaps on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @05:14PM (#11584622)

From knowing these guys for so long, they try their absolute best not to hide it and go pretty far to show it off in a way that's not really in your face. Gotta hand it to them for sticking up for their interests considering how much negativity the crowd receives. That said, the friends I mentioned really, really dislike most other bronies for being consistently over the top.

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