David Smith on Nostr: No surprise that I’m delighted about this but I am surprised. I had been under the ...
No surprise that I’m delighted about this but I am surprised. I had been under the impression that the awful job market would be making people more hesitant to show any signs of vulnerability. Good to hear I might be wrong :)
Of the ten candidates that I interviewed, five of them pre-warned me that they have autism or ADHD or ASD or something. They told me what to expect and what accommodations I could make.
I've been interviewing and hiring software developers for close to 20 years, but this is the first time this has happened.
And I like it. I like that somehow the culture has edged to a place where people can speak about #mentalhealth without fearing that they would be disadvantaged.
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