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Re:What Companies Mean by Culture Fit by draw_down on Monday September 10, 2018 @05:03PM (#17955170)
It’s really anything that doesn’t match the team’s (or individual interviewer’s) notion of what a good developer looks like. So it could be how you dress, how you talk, even if you are white and male and not over some age threshold.

And I suspect much of that is not conscious, which of course makes it difficult to talk about and address.

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Re:What Companies Mean by Culture Fit by JimboOmega on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:01PM (#17956148)
I got the job I have now while, for lack of a better term, being "visibly trans", the only person of my race on the team, and also well into my 30s. I don't think it'd be possible for me to look more different than I do from my teammates (especially how the team looked when I started - it's grown and become somewhat more diverse since)

That said, I do worry about how my presentation will be perceived elsewhere, it comes time to move on.

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