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> at a certain point you are just going to be cannibalizing other talent pools

The mass of unemployed CS grads?

What makes you think CS grads would be good candidates for a high stress job that requires excellent communication skills?

Ability to rapidly process information and react to changes.

Communication is a learned skill.

Ability to handle stress and thrive under pressure is the key.

We should have plenty of people that play video games.

I don’t think your average tech worker has any notion of what stress is, unless you’re consistently on-call overnight. Even then, it’s not the same.

This isn’t meant to belittle or scoff at people’s lived experiences, but the difference between “if I get this wrong, my company will lose millions of dollars” and “if I get this wrong, hundreds of people die” is VAST.

They won't be, which is why it's funny to me.

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