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Re:Ask HN: What current companies have the best software eng... by dasmoth on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:56PM (#13321026)
>>> Google is trying hard to make it's hiring and promotion process objective and unbiased. That's why they happen by a commission of peers.

How on earth does this follow? I know that peer review is in fashion right now, but without some very strong context, this seems more like a recipe for a Keynesian beauty contest than a useful measure of merit.

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Re:Ask HN: What current companies have the best software eng... by ma2rten on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @05:39PM (#13322790)
It's committee of people from all over the company that don't know the person in question. The candidate prepares a document that shows their contributions with some quantifiable metrics.

There has been research that showed that this kind of decision process decreases bias.

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