LB54 Who We Do Not Want!
Sep 29, 2014•18 min
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Episode description
If your startup is looking to hire, how would you be writing your job description?
What would you think of this?
This is only some parts of the image crop because we are not able to capture the full screen. So today, Chris and I talked about this issue in this podcast.
As developers this is the part that I think have gone over-board = Who we do not want
You are a shallow social climber whose dream is to work for Goldman Sachs because it “looks good on your CV”. You went to an Ivy League university because it would “look good on your CV”. But you couldn’t get into Goldman Sachs (or Citibank, or HSBC) because you actually have no passion for finance, just like how you want to buy that Louis Vuitton bag (because it will “look good on your social CV”) despite having no passion for design and craftsmanship. Guess what? If you were rejected by Goldman Sachs, you will be rejected by us too. For exactly the same reasons.
What would you think of this?
This is only some parts of the image crop because we are not able to capture the full screen. So today, Chris and I talked about this issue in this podcast.
As developers this is the part that I think have gone over-board = Who we do not want
You are a shallow social climber whose dream is to work for Goldman Sachs because it “looks good on your CV”. You went to an Ivy League university because it would “look good on your CV”. But you couldn’t get into Goldman Sachs (or Citibank, or HSBC) because you actually have no passion for finance, just like how you want to buy that Louis Vuitton bag (because it will “look good on your social CV”) despite having no passion for design and craftsmanship. Guess what? If you were rejected by Goldman Sachs, you will be rejected by us too. For exactly the same reasons.
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