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echoangleyesterday at 5:54 PM2 repliesview on HN

Come on, with these skills you could convince someone to give you a job if you’re on the streets otherwise. You might not be a senior engineer in the exact thing you want but you won’t be on the streets.


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pocksuppetyesterday at 7:50 PM

It's not about your skills. It's about how well you can play the HR metagame. This inversely correlates with actual job skills.

gpvosyesterday at 8:00 PM

Convincing someone, especially an HR person, has very little to do with computer skills.