Re:Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement
by strlen on Monday May 14, 2012 @01:45PM
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Not to mention this is standard boilerplate: it's not even listed as a hard requirement (should have, not must have). If someone is deterred from as much as submitting a resume because they don't have one of the "Desired Skills", odds are they shouldn't be anywhere near a startup hedge-fund or any other kind of enterprise that requires taking initiative.
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Heck if I wanted to work there I would apply even though it said 'must have' and I didn't.
Job ads requirements are basically a way to scare away those who are limited by artificial restrictions.
Re:Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement
by MartinCron on Monday May 14, 2012 @05:34PM
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Not that I want to make every thread a "sexism in tech" discussion, but I have personally noticed more women feeling intimidated and discouraged by overblown and strangely specific bullshit requirements in job listings. So, if you're wondering why you don't get many female applicants to your job listings, maybe you should stop asking for experience in every language from Ada to ZPL.
Nah the reason you get so few applicants is that there are so few females in programming to beging with.
I don't think this true: despite all talk of elitism, CS classes at universities like Stanford are actually more diverse than technology companies.
Yes, having seen both sides of the process. The minimum requirements tend to be a lot more flexible than people think.
Doesn't this get absurdly game theory, though? Some minimum requirements aren't, so applicants ignore 80% of the minimum requirements, so employers increase the minimum requirements to get applicants that are a little more qualified, so applicants start ignoring even more...