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0 pointsBeetleB2y ago0 comments

Eh. Nothing that you quoted would concern me about this person. I am anti-gun and vote that way, but I am mature enough to see the other side's perspective. If a person says he refuses to use Rust because because they prohibit firearms, then as a person I would find it quite understandable, and as an interviewer I would bring it up in the interview to point out that he'll have to work with whatever tech stack we use, and should we switch to Rust, would it be a problem?

Frankly, I think if people won't hire because of a post like this, then the interviewers are the one contributing to the problem.

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ativzzz2y ago

> Frankly, I think if people won't hire because of a post like this, then the interviewers are the one contributing to the problem.

Totally disagree. For the vast majority of software dev jobs (like 98% of them), you just want someone who shows up and does the work without making much of a fuss. People who openly demonstrate that they are difficult to work with are freely signaling "do not hire me, I will make your life much harder"

Why would you hire someone like that? You'd much rather have someone who is 50% as skilled but gets along with everyone and doesn't make other's lives harder because of their personality

BeetleBOP2y ago

> For the vast majority of software dev jobs (like 98% of them), you just want someone who shows up and does the work without making much of a fuss.

For the vast majority of people who post stuff like that on their blog, they show up and do the work without making much of a fuss.

I know because I've worked with several of them.

freedomben2y ago

Same. Finding out the politics and personal views of some of the people I've worked with would curl most people's toes! But they show and and work without making much of a fuss. In fact they have been some of my favorite people to work with.

pcthrowaway2y ago

> as an interviewer I would bring it up in the interview to point out that he'll have to work with whatever tech stack we use, and should we switch to Rust, would it be a problem?

And you'd have no problem with your coworkers always keeping a gun on them? This seems like a recipe for a workplace incident

freedomben2y ago

GP carries concealed, so by definition you wouldn't know. If you did know, then it's no longer concealed and that's a different issue.

But (depending on where you live) you'd also be surprised how many coworkers carry guns with them. At one company I was shocked. HR put a policy prohibiting concealed carry, and damn near 80% of my team took serious issue with it. It felt like I had accidentally walked into an NRA meeting or something. There were never any issues, and we tended to get into some heated arguments at that place. Turns out most gun carriers recognize and respect the gun and don't just pull it out and start shooting people every time they get offended.

BeetleBOP2y ago

I haven't seen the actual blog post, but my understanding was the comment was about Rust conferences, not workplace.

But sure, the workplace will usually have a policy about guns, and that's more an HR problem than a problem for me as an interviewer. And I'd put the burden on him to enquire about that aspect.

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ativzzz2y ago

> Frankly, I think if people won't hire because of a post like this, then the interviewers are the one contributing to the problem.

Why would you hire someone like that? You'd much rather have someone who is 50% as skilled but gets along with everyone and doesn't make other's lives harder because of their personality

BeetleBOP2y ago

> For the vast majority of software dev jobs (like 98% of them), you just want someone who shows up and does the work without making much of a fuss.

For the vast majority of people who post stuff like that on their blog, they show up and do the work without making much of a fuss.

I know because I've worked with several of them.

freedomben2y ago

pcthrowaway2y ago

> as an interviewer I would bring it up in the interview to point out that he'll have to work with whatever tech stack we use, and should we switch to Rust, would it be a problem?

And you'd have no problem with your coworkers always keeping a gun on them? This seems like a recipe for a workplace incident

freedomben2y ago

GP carries concealed, so by definition you wouldn't know. If you did know, then it's no longer concealed and that's a different issue.

BeetleBOP2y ago

I haven't seen the actual blog post, but my understanding was the comment was about Rust conferences, not workplace.

But sure, the workplace will usually have a policy about guns, and that's more an HR problem than a problem for me as an interviewer. And I'd put the burden on him to enquire about that aspect.

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