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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by nategri on Friday January 18, 2019 @06:03PM (#18943961)
>By looking at their resumes where they claim this? By contacting references who will attest to it? By trusting the intuition of subjective evaluators of the candidates?

I mean... Yes?

This system, backed by "trusted recommenders" is exactly what academia uses, and they seem perfectly capable of discovering Higgs Bosons and whatnot.

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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by saagarjha on Friday January 18, 2019 @07:37PM (#18944454)
They physics communinity does not seem to have the issue of being able to judge merit from resumes. When you see a physics PhD with a list of academic references, chances are that the person knows what they are doing; with computer science it’s somehow likely that the person might not know their way around the command line or when using an array might be a bad idea…
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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by SomewhatLikely on Saturday January 19, 2019 @12:30PM (#18948045)
Ironic example, as the guy who theorized the Higgs Boson originally doesn't think he'd be productive enough for today's environment. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-...
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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by mav3rick on Friday January 18, 2019 @06:10PM (#18944017)
"intuition of subjective evaluators of the candidates"

This is inherently biased and proven to be the worst way to hire people.

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