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      Do they have hobbies/beliefs/sycophantic mannerisms similar to the bosses in charge? Because that’ll get you promoted. A lot of management are lonely people who don’t view others as equals unless they suck up or never argue, thus useless people get promoted so they can hang with “friends” in meetings all day.

      Or good old nepotism.

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      People who actually do work, especially in the technology sector don’t get promoted. You get promoted based on popularity

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    Reminds me of an account where a man applied for a job that required a specific programming language. They were asking for 5 years experience. But the funny thing was that the man himself created that language 3 years ago.

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    Lucky, these days some filter deletes my resume before a human being even looks at it.

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    Let’s just say there were uh… different criteria for who was and was not allowed to work before the 50s and 60s. Less competition for some.

    Took a while to sort all that out.

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    Replace HR person with the laptop on the desk and you’re probably closer to the truth.

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      Yeah, there was a huge gap in the experience of a white person and a PoC. Further, the 70s was right on the cusp of stagflation. Not unlike what we feel today.