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superhumanuser on Feb 12, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Finding a new software developer job

There's bias towards certain big name institutions. Perhaps we should prevent discrimination on this basis by omitting those references.

lazide on Feb 12, 2024 [–]

Also, because those big name institutions have bias towards certain types of students - and train them to think/act in certain ways.

It often works, which is why they do it.

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