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by VLM 4682 days ago
"I'm pretty sure if I tried to join the maps team, I'd be rejected, I have no experience in geo/gis."

Ah but from the linked article, if the only selection criteria is ability to answer weird 5-minute-depth trivia questions about data structures, not actually knowing anything about GEO/GIS wouldn't even be discovered, much less an impediment.

Of course, they might have a totally different, less pathological system for internal transfers than for external hiring...