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Re:The software industry's greatest sin: hiring by agumonkey on Thursday April 09, 2020 @10:26PM (#22829385)
Maybe due to the importance of soft skills ? or maybe a shift into the belief that they are important ?

How was it in the 80s or 90s ? could you be hired just because you can fix or implement something even if you don't fit that well with a group ?

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Re:The software industry's greatest sin: hiring by jackcosgrove on Thursday April 09, 2020 @10:30PM (#22829408)
80s: we need to hire somebody who can code

90s: we need to hire everybody who can code

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