Cost centers and profit centers in a tweet, or, why to tell young technically inclined friends/family to avoid IT positions.https://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/859504325370007552 …
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Replying to @patio11
(IT is sometimes used as a metonymy for the tech industry but the typical usage in US companies is "people who maintain PCs/printers/etc")
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Replying to @patio11
(IT is middling skill, extremely low prestige, and toxic to resumes; presence of it can select you out of meaningful tech work.)
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Replying to @sleepy_keita @patio11
Yes, I’m very curious to get the answer to this, too.
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Replying to @akulbe @sleepy_keita
There is a de-facto caste system in engineering employment. If you have wrong caste markers your resume gets filtered out at screening stage
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I think this practice is pretty insidious, as it is both unconnected to engineering skill and socially disadvantages some candidates.
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