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Re:Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs by aantix on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:18AM (#19920249)
Or it’s such a vague term that means something different to each team and might have significance depending upon what is valued?
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Re:Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs by ixtli on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:19AM (#19920266)
Yes but my point is that in my 8+ years in the startup world it has a very specific connotation that is, as someone else said, a vehicle to legitimize really inappropriate biases into hiring.
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Re:Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs by Consultant32452 on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:48AM (#19920570)
"Poor communication skills" is another that seems to just mean "has an accent."
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