Re: Bitwise Mag editorial calls OOP 'Snake Oil'

Nick Malik [Microsoft] wrote:

> >> post a job. 20 people apply. six are smart and talented. pick one.
> >> five were kept out.

> 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.

We are nearing alignment.

You state "six _are_ smart and talented". My emphasis. Not "HR thinks they
are smart and talented."

As a math curiosity, if a company's HR department was relatively perfect,
the qualifiable applicants would have equal odds.

No department is, and the applicants don't. I agree this is a fact of life.

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Phlip
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