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by sidlls 3096 days ago
And such a person shouldn't be hired. I wouldn't hire me to work on a JavaScript stack. It's not because I don't or couldn't understand it in short order, and very much better than many (most, possibly all) of the 20-something hipsters they're using to fart out garbage. It's because I have strong biases against it and the kind of development style it attracts, some of which (as illustrated in this very comment) aren't really empirically or otherwise similarly justifiable.

They're just biases that haven't a good justification. I usually keep this sort of bias to myself because I recognize it for what it is. Honestly though I wouldn't apply for such positions, either, so the bias problem never surfaces.
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lurr 3096 days ago
> very much better than many (most, possibly all) of the 20-something hipsters they're using to fart out garbage.

how is this type of attitude not sufficient reason to not bother hiring someone? I immediately don't want to work with or for you.

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sidlls 3096 days ago
From my comment: "I wouldn't hire me to work on a JavaScript stack.... They're just biases that haven't a good justification."

I know this. And I wouldn't want to work with JS devs. At all. It's a win-win for all of us that I don't apply to those positions.

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lurr 3096 days ago
I wouldn't want to work with you on anything, as I strongly suspect your attitude extends well beyond javascript.
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emodendroket 3096 days ago
You think having preferences, and being aware of them, and avoiding environments not in line with them, makes him a bad prospective co-worker?
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Bahamut 3096 days ago
Having preferences is one thing, but being judgmental/presumptuous towards people working in that realm & using slang with a clear derogatory bent to describe them for something that does not inherently relate to morals is another.

It’s a sign of a bad attitude.

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golergka 3095 days ago
It's a sign of a very healthy attitude to be open about your opinions and not trying to be "nice" all the time. This is a very american thing, to be constantly positive and nice when you really shouldn't, and in my experience, it's a very detrimental thing to morale and productivity because of how obviously fake it is.
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