[polote]

What do you want him to say publicly ? Do you want him to say that he doesn't care about developers he doesn't hire ? Even if that's what every business owner thinks, you can't tell it because you will sounds like an arrogant person.

They don't have (and you should not expect them) to give a feedback to anyone who apply (as it is the case of the parent comment)

[ska]

> Even if that's what every business owner thinks, you can't tell it because you will sounds like an arrogant person.

It's not, in fact, what every business owner thinks.

[gavinray]

I don't have a horse in this race, but I always get surprised when people critique responses from high-profile members of organizations.

Have you ever seen a businessperson make a public statement on behalf of a company that espoused or accepted negative/neutral sentiment?

I dunno why people even bother responding or reacting internally to these statements. There's not a human being behind them -- there's a corporate entity who has to answer to stakeholders with a spotlight being shined on them.

It's purely politics and statesmanship, the human being is long gone, or only shows up in private settings after everyone's had several drinks.

Except Elon Musk. That's a man you can, probably, take at his word.

[dexterdog]

Can we get a citation on that last one?