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by TeMPOraL 2086 days ago
It's also how procurement works in the public sector. Either of their own, or with a help of an external consultant, public sector workers will create a set of requirements that are tailored to fit a particular desired supplier, with a bunch of extra bullshit requirements thrown in so that technically allows other competitors, and doesn't look obviously illegal.
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Once worked with a network guy who always specced out EIGRP as a requirement to ensure he always got Cisco routers.
Suddenly that contracting company asking me to fudge the wording on my work experience is starting to make sense...