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A comment on Ask HN: is it unfair to refuse a job application simply based on bad writing?.

Re:Ask HN: is it unfair to refuse a job application simply b... by compay on Monday February 21, 2011 @08:59AM (#2245393)
In my experience most of the programmers I know and consider to be very talented also have good writing skills, at least in their native language. When I meet a programmer who writes poorly I immediately suspect they're not going to program well either.

However, I'm willing to concede that I might be engaging in a bit of stereotyping. I'm not sure your actions can be legally or even logically justified, but I can say that I would probably do the same thing.

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Re:Ask HN: is it unfair to refuse a job application simply b... by compay on Monday February 21, 2011 @09:08AM (#2245416)
Well, I've been working as a programmer for 13 years. I speak three languages fluently and have worked in the USA, Argentina, Brazil, and most recently, Italy. I think that qualifies as reasonably diverse and not so limited.

But yes, my statement does in fact come from my personal biases, exactly as I claimed in my comment.

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