‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Computer Science Students

Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by leroy_masochist on Thursday November 15, 2018 @03:57PM (#18463236)

I don't really think about it in terms of an age limit. To spell it out, my quibble is that the reporter quoted these kids by name and got them to agree to have their picture taken for publication, for a story that will likely give at least some prospective employers pause at some point.

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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by cronix on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:06PM (#18463322)

It could also have the opposite effect and make the candidate more attractive, depending on who's doing the looking.

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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by leroy_masochist on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:14PM (#18463412)

It totally could! If any of these kids want to work as, like, the software engineer-in-residence at a social impact VC, having this come up in a Google name search might very well be a positive.

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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by stale2002 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:35PM (#18463611)

I think that people vastly overestimate how much detective work that employers do, when hiring people.

I don't think companies are searching people's Twitter or Facebook accounts for controversial statements. The furthest that most would go is to call up a reference or talk to a previous employer.

Hiring committees don't have time to scrutinize every little last comment that someone has made.

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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by leroy_masochist on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:58PM (#18463835)

Scouring someone's Twitter history != Googling someone's name and browsing the first page of results.

The former is overkill, the latter is done by everyone

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