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Dan Luu

This might be my all-time favorite tech job rejection letter.
10 Dec 2023 at 11:08 | Open on mastodon.social
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v

@danluu I thought age was a protected class?

10 Dec 2023 at 11:11 | Open on merveilles.town
elliot :brennans:

@v @danluu i suspect his CV had his real date and LinkedIn was different for reasons.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(can

10 Dec 2023 at 11:34 | Open on mastodon.ie
Andrew Zonenberg

@elliottucker @v @danluu Or they were unlucky enough to actually be born on that day.

10 Dec 2023 at 12:46 | Open on ioc.exchange
Noah Gibbs

@v @danluu

You'd be amazed how often companies randomly break laws. It's a little like "freedom of expression" and "supreme court found dress codes unconstitutional" in the US, versus how schools often act anyway.

10 Dec 2023 at 13:22 | Open on ruby.social
Manfred

@v @danluu in US labor law, you cannot discriminate against someone because of their age, but only if they are 40+ years old. Age discrimination is totally ok if they are under 40.

10 Dec 2023 at 14:17 | Open on mastodon.online
indrora, boot of journalism

@danluu I once lived in an Apartment 420. This caused so many systems to reject me, including the payment system for the apartment complex I lived in.

The absolute worst was any sort of banking institution or KYC restricted company. Insurance companies? No problem we don’t care if you live on mars. But fucking Fidelity Investments? I had to have someone *fucking video chat* me to prove that I lived at an apartment 420.

This was made worse by my use of a GVoice number as my typical phone number, which shows up as a voip number in a data center in Wherever the hell California.

@danluu I once lived in an Apartment 420. This caused so many systems to reject me, including the payment system for the apartment complex I lived in.

The absolute worst was any sort of banking institution or KYC restricted company. Insurance companies? No problem we don’t care if you live on mars. But fucking Fidelity Investments? I had to have someone *fucking video chat* me to prove that I lived at an apartment 420.

10 Dec 2023 at 11:23 | Open on furry.engineer
Luka

@indrora Hey know your pain! My surname is Dude.

10 Dec 2023 at 12:53 | Open on chaos.social
Daniel Gibson

@danluu @dotstdy
Can't hire someone who has the same birthday as Hitler, it's bad luck

10 Dec 2023 at 12:58 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
Richard Kogelnig

@Doomed_Daniel @danluu @dotstdy historically rejecting someone with this birthday has not gone well for the wider world

10 Dec 2023 at 13:03 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
Andrew
@danluu texts like this leave me sorry for all the time I've spent reading it to the end — all those blah blah we're so sorry — just say why rejected and shut the fuck up
and re "AI" part: yeah that's a new bottom
10 Dec 2023 at 13:13 | Open on stereophonic.space
Mikołaj Hołysz

@danluu IANAL and not from the US, but wouldn't this be a cut-and-dry discrimination case if true? This is in writing, for fuck's sake.

10 Dec 2023 at 13:53 | Open on dragonscave.space
Jonathan Hendry

@miki @danluu

Age is protected, not month/day of birth, especially when it is assumed to be false

That said, who puts date of birth on a resume or LinkedIn?.

10 Dec 2023 at 15:10 | Open on iosdev.space
Steve Canon

@danluu @heathborders I mean, they actually sent a note and gave a reason, which puts them leaps ahead of most tech companies, in all seriousness.

10 Dec 2023 at 14:32 | Open on discuss.systems
22

@danluu are we doing the thing where we’re slapping the adjective “AI” on random things for laughs…?

10 Dec 2023 at 15:13 | Open on octodon.social
22

@danluu extra #alt4you: the rejection letter is in a post by @/HappiestSadGirl_ saying “Got an Al rejection letter for...being born on the wrong date.”

10 Dec 2023 at 15:15 | Open on octodon.social
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