Re:If doctors were interviewed like software developers
by raziel2p on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @12:50PM
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This just sounds like a heavy dose of confirmation and/or affinity bias. The best developers I've worked with had no degree at all or a degree in something completely separate from development. I think a healthy mix of both academic and purely practical experience is the best.
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Re:If doctors were interviewed like software developers
by user5994461 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @01:01PM
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I will reply to this comment since this is probably the most relevant.
You're on point that there is a personal bias. Developers without degrees congregate together where they can, while developers with degrees congregate together to other places. There is a major self selection.
Saw a lot of the first when I was doing contracting in the UK, saw a lot of the later as permanent in tech companies. If you're interviewing for google you're way more likely to have 2 stanford majors in the interview panel than 2 developers without format education.