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by iovrthoughtthis 1690 days ago
i don't like it.

largely because:

1. its focussed on "how" we hire, not "why" we hire which seems like a red flag for me.

2. it's a human - human interaction. all the humans involved should consent to it, requiring a human decision which must be done at human speeds.

3. people, their skills and interests change. we forgive and forget. success is chancy and sparse. the block chain is immutable.

4. the vision of the future reminds me a lot of the CCCP's social credit score system which does not fill me with hope.

5. it's entirely from the employers perspective with little to no consideration for the job seekers needs beyond "need a job". how do review, agree, negotiate the contract?

hiring isn't "broken", it's just a system being wrenched along with the wild pace of change

that said, maybe in a different system where things worked differently it wouldn't feel such a jarring idea

1 comments

Agree with some of the points here. In my mind some of the company-sided dynamics he sketches can serve as a way to do better talent discovery (instead of full hiring). Obviously for a real job, versus a gig, you want to have assess someone as a person and not just as a nested list.