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bjourne
on March 21, 2016
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We only hire the trendiest
It's telling that in your list you never once mentioned "Actually possesses the technical skills required to do a good job."
pklausler
on March 21, 2016
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Skills become obsolete. Aptitudes don't.
grandalf
on March 21, 2016
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Exactly.
ionforce
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I just had this discussion at work... I think that it is implicit in this context that a minimum amount of technical ability be met. Otherwise we'd just be hiring "nice people". Obviously we don't do that.
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