Re:Ask HN: What about fixing recruitment?
by dozzie on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:37PM
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> Is it worthwhile to try to fix how tech recruitment is done?
Good luck. The problem is that companies want to replace having competent
staff with mediocre, untrained idiots following some magical process and that
is expected to give good outcomes, which obviously won't fly.
Funny enough, the same stands for producing software in big companies:
mediocre programmers plus magical methodology is supposed to give good
software reliably.
> Why do so few tech people become recruiters?
The same reason as why so few tech people become managers or accountants: we
want to keep working in our field. Is it surprising?
Good luck. The problem is that companies want to replace having competent staff with mediocre, untrained idiots following some magical process and that is expected to give good outcomes, which obviously won't fly.
Funny enough, the same stands for producing software in big companies: mediocre programmers plus magical methodology is supposed to give good software reliably.
> Why do so few tech people become recruiters?
The same reason as why so few tech people become managers or accountants: we want to keep working in our field. Is it surprising?