[nthcolumn]

Anecdotal evidence: I was at a rugby weekend dads/sons thing. You meet other dads from all walks of life, everything from navy captains to surgeons. One evening, one dude, apropos of nothing whilst banging on about his successful real estate business said that he would not hire someone who did not have a facebook account. I was like 'wat? really?'.

[J-dawg]

This is both scary and interesting. Did you get the chance to discuss it with him further? I wonder how prevalent this sort of thinking is.

What's he actually trying to achieve? Presumably in most cases when he searches all he'll see is a name and a thumbnail photo, given that most people these days have at least a little concern about online privacy. Unless he's actually 'friending' all his candidates before he hires them, which would be super weird.

Also, doesn't Facebook have a setting where your profile doesn't show up in searches? So he could potentially be rejecting people that actually meet his own (weird) requirement.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into what was probably just pub talk!

I'm going to start to make a point of discussing tech-related subjects with non-technical friends more often, because their opinions often surprise me. Case in point: Theresa May's quest to ban maths.

[type0]

> I'm going to start to make a point of discussing tech-related subjects with non-technical friends more often, because their opinions often surprise me.

And you would be shocked to hear all the misconceptions and myths that the general populace have been fed by the media or picked up from someone at work with Dunning-Kruger effect. It's pointless to try convince them otherwise unless they are your close friends or family.

[fred_is_fred]

That's because real estate is 99% relationships and networking. It would be different if you were hiring a chemical engineer. I actually understand this POV.