Re:Wanted: ‘Lost Einsteins.’ Please Apply
by petermcneeley on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:22PM
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"we’re trying to do most of the screening in software. Becoming a Pioneer requires winning the Pioneer Tournament" Is this a code challenge? Where do I find it?
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Re:Wanted: ‘Lost Einsteins.’ Please Apply
by rndmwlk on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:50PM
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https://pioneer.app/
Looks like it's more of a popularity contest than anything else.
Right. The application process appears to openly prioritize marketing skills, which puts it in serious conflict with the stated goal.
Re:Wanted: ‘Lost Einsteins.’ Please Apply
by wolfgke on Thursday August 09, 2018 @05:53PM
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> Right. The application process appears to openly prioritize marketing skills, which puts it in serious conflict with the stated goal.
Exactly. To quote [1]:
"The world is full of extraordinarily creative people that are struggling to fit in.".
If the candidate is struggling to fit in, he/she is probably not "the popular kid" or a highly successful self-marketer.
Another quote from [1]:
"Our goal is to build a decentralized network of young, creative and exceptionally motivated outsiders who don’t fit in to the traditional system.".
I personally would claim that such self-marketing is exactly what the "traditional system" is (among other things) strongly about. So making it a popularity contest is opposed to the self-stated/self-imposed goals.