Re: Bitwise Mag editorial calls OOP 'Snake Oil'

"topmind" <topmind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Nick Malik [Microsoft] wrote:
>> post a job. 20 people apply. six are smart and talented. pick one.
>> five
>> were kept out.
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>> that's life
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> You make it sound so cut-and-dry.
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> I don't know about systems and packaged software, but in my domain most
> of the interviews are about seeing if there is a personality-gell.
> Technical is only part of the equation.
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The question was "And the evidence your interview loop is not also keeping
out exceptionally
smart and talented people is ... what?"

Phlip was asking for evidence that we were not keeping good people from
joining by filtering through the interview loop. I was simply demonstrating
that we were, in fact, keeping good people from joining, but not by hiring
unqualified people. It's a numbers game.

It was never my intention to imply that hiring was easy, or mathematical.
It is not. On this point, we completely agree.

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I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
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