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Re:What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates by paulcole on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @01:39AM (#17071882)
> but I see you spending a lot of time writing C# in your personal time, or somehow demonstrating a passion for you, I'm more likely to think you'll be a fit.

Do you ever worry that you’re overlooking talented people who have a life outside of programming?

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Re:What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates by amorphid on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @12:57PM (#17075418)
It wasn't a great example, and I don't manage a team, or work at a Microsoft shop. I think I was trying to say it's easier to avoid making bad hiring decisions than it is to work on making good hiring decisions. It's probably also hard to practice hiring decisions at all, which doesn't help in reducing the learning curve.
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