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We only hire the trendiest
An acquaintance of mine, let’s call him Mike, is looking for work after getting laid off from a contract role at Microsoft, which has happened to a lot of people I know. Like me, Mike has 11 years in industry. Unlike me, he doesn't know a lot of folks at trendy companies, so I passed his resume around to some…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Mar 21, 2016 | We only hire the trendiest by profcalculus | 1,615 | 716 |
| Oct 31, 2017 | We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016) by indy | 910 | 625 |
| Dec 12, 2019 | We Only Hire the Trendiest (2016) by eaguyhn | 351 | 404 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Programmer Moneyball (2016) by baobabKoodaa | 104 | 72 |
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