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> Which job fairs do your company reps attend?

Are job fairs still a thing? IME most recruitment happens online these days, with the vast majority of candidates coming in via LinkedIn and other job boards.

> Can employees recommend a friend as a potential recruit? What effect does that have on promoting favoritism over a better candidate?

Why is that a bad thing? Personal recommendations from someone you trust is a valid factor in making a hiring decision. This doesn't necessarily mean hiring someone who is inexperienced and not a good fit for the role over a better candidate just because they were recommended, but all else being equal, a recommendation is a strong signal to consider.

Although, truthfully, why is favoritism wrong? If a company prefers hiring someone based on a recommendation, they might have issues with their performance, but maybe that person makes the team happier and more productive. Ultimately, it's their decision to make and live with.

> If the core team is all from Local Church, and their friend network is all from Local Church, then should they favor that network to hire someone else from Local Church, or should other candidates be judged with equal weight?

I think we can agree that candidates should be judged equally based primarily on their ability to fulfill the role requirements. My problem with DEI initiatives is that they emphasize superficial traits like religion, race, gender, ethnicity, etc., which are things we've fought hard to _not_…

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I wanted to explore the idea of a "server-less" app, so I built a tweet scheduler -- like what https://buffer.com started their business with -- except I wanted to do it without thinking about a server or managing any processes.

It uses Vue.js as the SPA plus AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, and AWS DynamoDB for the server-like stuff. It also uses vue-router and vue-loader, two official Vue.js libraries.

https://github.com/crcastle/serverless-buffer-app-gui

I plan to post it to the Vue.js forum http://forum.vuejs.org to ask for feedback on my use of Vue.js -- what I could have implemented more simply. Waiting until I finish the setup guide before posting it.

In general, I've been loving Vue.js. It's really simple and quick to get started, but as you get deeper you find that many subtle design decisions were well thought out.

EDIT: This is my first venture in SPA frameworks, having previously been overwhelmed by the learning curve of Angular, Ember, and React.

If Mastodon is too much of a lift in the near term (social network effects are admittedly hard and humans are tricky), Threads is an option for a Fediverse-compatible managed solution.

Not hard to get the top 10 folks over to threads (except a few folks who probably wouldn't migrate): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_Twitter_accounts (https://www.threads.net/@barackobama, https://www.threads.net/@whitehouse, https://www.threads.net/@potus demonstrate popular accounts will make the effort)

Fediverse posting is then a checkbox. Drag the normies. Popular social management tools already support Threads as well (Buffer comes to mind).

https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse/

https://help.instagram.com/760878905943039

https://buffer.com/threads

(think in systems)

Of course it's absurd but a lot of research has been done into what motivates people to make so-called discretionary purchases (that is, most anything above the level of bare necessities at the lowest feasible price, if you can afford it) and other life decisions which are essentially purchase-like. And not surprisingly, a lot of this motivation has to do with (relative) status and image, and the ability to project it. As applies to everything from what clothes you wear and what car you drive, to where you go to school and what neighborhood you live in, etc.

I won't call the following article "research" but it does seem to capture the spirit of this line of thinking:

https://buffer.com/resources/people-dont-buy-products-they-buy-better-versions-of-themselves/

You are extrapolating a lot out of a simple statement pointing out there is an example work-from-home company that is very competitive, and appears to be winning. They aren't winning so much that they're able to make Tumblr profitable, but better companies have tried and failed.

Other remote first companies have been attempted, and flourished, such as Buffer. DigitalOcean. Not sure how current this list is:

https://buffer.com/resources/remote-jobs/

edit:

So your solution to being underpaid as workers is instead of organizing and pushing back as workers, as it is the legally recognized of labor for over a century, is to start your own competing studio? If that is what you consider "cringe," then you have successfully signaled your virtues. Very well.