On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:35:00 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> Obviously, I would hire the first guy, because he has the skills that
> matter. But the IT manager? He's a ****ing moron, so he would hire the
> second guy. Just because the second guy has some superficial attribute
> which is nearly completely unimportant.

It's not really unimportant when hiring for a programming position, 
though - if there's existing code that needs to be maintained, you would 
want someone who knows the language it was written in.

Jim

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