If Carpenters Were Hired Like Programmers (2013)
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- The article uses a joke comparing carpentry interviews to programming interviews to highlight absurd hiring practices.
- Interviewers ask overly specific questions about irrelevant details (e.g., experience with specific wood colors) while ignoring general competence.
- The carpenter's broad skills are dismissed in favor of narrow, superficial qualifications.
- The final hiring decision is based on irrelevant criteria and cost-cutting, not actual ability.