[norseboar]

Where is the evidence that present hiring methodologies don't predict successful business outcomes? I recall seeing evidence re: resumes, but not on the overall process itself [1].

If this data is present (data showing that present hiring methodologies don't predict successful business outcomes), do you have data showing that hiring people who need jobs is any better? We /are/ different from each other -- as an example so obvious it borders on the ridiculous, people who have been programming for ten years will be much faster at it than people who haven't. At what point do you draw the line to state that people stop being different? If so, what data did you use to draw that line?

[1] http://blog.alinelerner.com/resumes-suck-heres-the-data/

[brobdingnagian]

I understand the paradigm paralysis - we have been led to believe that having the best CS zombies in the world is what makes success, but it's just not true. Meanwhile, jobs aren't filled and the people who need them are suffering.

[ryanSrich]

Just one instance. https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768 , I've seen hundreds like this.

[quadrature]

Honestly, if you weren't in the room you can't tell what happened. It's just as likely that he wasn't a good culture fit.

[ryanSrich]

"Cultural fit" - I forgot this term existed outside of the HBO television show "Silicon Valley".

[brobdingnagian]

It's a nice catchall phrase for all kinds of discrimination that would be illegal if stated explicitly. If we call it a gut feeling or culture fit, it's suddenly legal.

[yarou]

Cannot ++ you enough. In my experience, people prefer to surround themselves with those similar to them. The same holds true for any software organization.

[quadrature]

It is important to work with people who are you are comfortable working with.

[w1ntermute]

Just as it was important to people in the pre-1960s southern US that their children only go to school with children whose families they were "comfortable with." Somehow, they've since (somewhat) figured out how to adjust to their discomfort.