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by ball_of_lint 1939 days ago
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/06/finding-great-deve...

Interview processes are significantly biased towards seeing large numbers of non-hire-able people over hire-able people. It's not surprising that someone with few connections and just starting their career could perform well against the biased view of an unfiltered interview pipeline.

oh, nostrademons beat me to the punch.