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by UnnamedGamedev 4199 days ago
A meritocracy that cares more about work quality than race or sex or people skills sounds good, but that's not what Mr. Digital interviewed at. A telephone interview is a test of PEOPLE skills, not code skills. A meritocracy that cared about work quality should have managers who can stick to the deadlines they set - not arbitrarily move them up. A meritocracy that doesn't care what race or gender you are isn't going to tell the interviewers what race or gender you are. And I'd expect a meritocracy that cared about work quality to have someone in the typical set of four senior developers who can figure out the company's pet phone software.