Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by vba616 on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:28AM
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Not at all, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation if you fit an exponential growth model to the numbers given.
You see, they must have started with one client, in year one, and thereafter achieved an average growth rate of 151.33% per annum.
My Excel model:
Year Clients
1 1
2 3
3 6
4 16
5 40
6 100
7 252
8 633
9 1592
10 4001
In the tenth year, they would have 4001 clients. However, they would have passed 35 clients about five years prior, and therefore the implication is simply that that is the cohort that is completing now and projects last on the order of five years.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by badpun on Thursday September 01, 2022 @02:58AM
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Clearly, they forgot the "k" in the "35+ PROJECTS DONE". Would be even funnier if they misplaced it, and instead said "10k+ GLORIOUS YEARS".
Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by hnbad on Thursday September 01, 2022 @04:50AM
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The Warhammer 40k jokes for this just write themselves, don't they?
Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by Firmwarrior on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:21AM
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Incredible, I never knew I needed a Warhammer 40k / Office Space crossover until this moment
To the DeepFakeMobile!!
Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by hnbad on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:39AM
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This is the best I could get in five tries with DreamStudio.ai: https://imgur.com/a/0MlOlFU
The other attempts just got me either something looking like a regular startup meeting or WH40k figurines with a regular meeting happening in the background.
"4k+ ACTIVE CLIENTS, 35+ PROJECTS DONE...10 GLORIOUS YEARS"
I imagine then, there's at least 3965 clients that aren't super happy. At 3.5 projects completed per year, it's going to be a long road.