@stkenned: One of the worst takes in tech right now is not hiring new grads. At Replit, we're arbitraging an industry mistake. We …
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Replit CEO Amjad Masad argues that not hiring new grads is a bad take, and that Replit is doubling its new grad hiring targets to capitalize on an industry mistake.
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One of the worst takes in tech right now is not hiring new grads.
At Replit, we’re arbitraging an industry mistake.
We doubled our new grad hiring targets and they’re onboarding now.
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It includes college drops out and high school graduates. We also have high schoolers as interns.
Waterloo is great, but UBC has been even more productive for us.
It’s all about raw talent and drive.
We have plenty of great mentors. Some of them were new grads three years ago.
Same as it ever was.
@stkenned would love for you try @fairground_work .. this is one of the usecases we had in mind - hiring fresh grads and seeing how they code/build/steer
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