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by rflrob 5558 days ago
There was a post a while ago on HN about how a very large of the people applying for a given job are in the bottom fraction of the total talent pool. Essentially, the good people get hired quickly (or are never looking for someone else to pay them in the first place), and don't apply for lots of jobs, whereas the people who don't get hired keep applying for other jobs, thus stinking up the statistics.
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There was a post a while ago on HN about how a very large of the people applying for a given job are in the bottom fraction of the total talent pool.

The HN post led to this perennially popular article from Joel on Software:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/01/27.html

That's the one! Thanks!