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aantix on May 15, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs

Or it’s such a vague term that means something different to each team and might have significance depending upon what is valued?

ixtli on May 15, 2019 [–]

Yes but my point is that in my 8+ years in the startup world it has a very specific connotation that is, as someone else said, a vehicle to legitimize really inappropriate biases into hiring.

Consultant32452 on May 15, 2019 | [–]

"Poor communication skills" is another that seems to just mean "has an accent."

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