tanotcare

"serve" him in a cabinet position. Hope that clears things up!

I would describe it as more of a chilling effect on voting "not inclined" or raising concerns on performance.

In my experience, 1) being not inclined on such a hire leads to more scrutiny 2) managing performance is prone to more scrutiny

So: while the standard is expected, it's enforced to a lesser degree in practice. Which means a few bad apples abusing this unfortunately make everyone else (in the group who meet/beat the standard) look bad.

You should definitely encourage them to apply to FANGs and not be intimidated by the interview process.

There is a big push and accompanying quota to get more black/latin/native american people into tech companies at all levels.

While I don't agree with this quota system for the inherent racism/unfairness and second order effects[0], possible beneficiaries should take notice and act on it and be a role model.

[0] resentment & hmm, is this person here on merit or on quota?