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by blackeyeblitzar 621 days ago
I see parallels between this comment’s points and online dating
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It is very much like that.

Hiring is like dating from a woman's point of view, you post the job and then sift through an exhausting number of dud applicants for one that you think is up to the job and is not an asshole.

Applying to jobs is like dating from a man's point of view, you take a punt, over and over again, getting ghosted or if you're lucky, rejected, in the hopes of landing that first date and showing your charm.

And like online dating, applying for jobs works much better if you skip the online part entirely and instead use your networks in the real world to make connections.

If you fail at online dating, you are lonely.

If you fail at job hunting, you end up homeless. And lonely.

Every aspect of life will be commoditized, and every living person reshaped into a gear for the system.