Bad hiring managers refer to massive lists of nice-to-haves as requirements, which encourages incompetent blowhards to apply. They hire ninjas who sneak around and rock stars with huge egos. Over Dawn’s 20+ year career in technology and OSS, she has seen many terrible hiring practices at various tech companies. This Ignite talk is a slightly snarky view into what it takes to be a terrible hiring manager.
1. @geekygirldawn
How to be aTerrible Hiring Manager
Dawn M. Foster, Pivotal
Painting: Ivan the Terrible and Souls of his Victims by Mikhail Petrovich Klodt
2. WHOAMI
Geek, Traveler, Reader
20+ Years in Tech / OSS
OSS Strategy Lead at Pivotal
Photos by Mom, Josh Bancroft, Don Park@geekygirldawn