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0 pointsKptMarchewa2mo ago0 comments

>10 years ago I bought into the idea of hiring for nerdy interests and hobbies as a proxy for motivation. I will say I met some excellent people during this time, but looking back those same people would have been hired anyway due to their accomplishments at companies.

>Nerdy interests and hobbies is not a good proxy for work ability.

Aren't you actually describing a great proxy?

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Aurornis2mo ago

What I was trying to say was that having nerdy interests and hobbies isn’t a negative signal. People can have nerdy interests and hobbies and be great at their job.

But it’s not a positive signal for work ability. Having nerdy interests and hobbies doesn’t signal that you’re good at work.

They’re barely correlated, if at all.

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