Re:Bayesian Inference for Hiring Engineers
by mywittyname on Thursday May 31, 2018 @08:47PM
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> there's some pushback to network hiring because it isn't particularly great for getting a diverse pool of talent.
I'd be surprised if random resumes are really that much more diverse than network hiring. Consider principles like the Erdos number[1] -- the collaborative distance between groups of people in similar fields is strikingly small. I bet, a company with a reasonably large development staff (50 people) is probably no more than 2-degrees separated from 99% of the talent pool in a given region.
Just about every position I've looked at was with a company where a former colleague works.
Even at smaller companies, however, there's some pushback to network hiring because it isn't particularly great for getting a diverse pool of talent.
To be honest, though there are a lot of dangers with this sort of thing, I am a fan. End of the day, engineers should be great engineers, not great at hacking the job finding process.