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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by ativzzz on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:26AM (#36879314)
> Frankly, I think if people won't hire because of a post like this, then the interviewers are the one contributing to the problem.

Totally disagree. For the vast majority of software dev jobs (like 98% of them), you just want someone who shows up and does the work without making much of a fuss. People who openly demonstrate that they are difficult to work with are freely signaling "do not hire me, I will make your life much harder"

Why would you hire someone like that? You'd much rather have someone who is 50% as skilled but gets along with everyone and doesn't make other's lives harder because of their personality

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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by BeetleB on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @12:13PM (#36880138)
> For the vast majority of software dev jobs (like 98% of them), you just want someone who shows up and does the work without making much of a fuss.

For the vast majority of people who post stuff like that on their blog, they show up and do the work without making much of a fuss.

I know because I've worked with several of them.

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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by freedomben on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:38PM (#36896205)
Same. Finding out the politics and personal views of some of the people I've worked with would curl most people's toes! But they show and and work without making much of a fuss. In fact they have been some of my favorite people to work with.
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