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Career Harbour is looking for a Unicorn – Humans, don't apply.

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Is this a joke?

Fast and accurate proficiency in: 2. Under 30 years old 4. Started coding before the can- didate was ten years old

These are the common behaviours of our ideal candidate: 2. Wearing headphones and listing to music when they code 3. Working hard and long hours often until 2 am

...

Hell, those are the worst, but the whole thing is a farce... !

There's something to be said about a job application that goes beyond the resume and cover letter. That being said, there are a few red flags.

- http://www.careerharbour.co.uk/ - this is a broken link.

- "Started coding before the candidate was ten years old" - I think that your slope is much more important than you y-intercept.

- "Just a nice dude" - what about the nice dudettes?

- "Working hard and long hours often until 2 am" & "work minimum 35 hours a week" - these are a strange combination of requirements.

Is this satire?

I mean, it's not "reasonable", but it's also not over-the-top. On the other hand, there's a bunch of things in here that are legally unacceptable: under 30, "just a nice dude" sexism, etc.

Also, Career Harbour's website is down: http://www.careerharbour.co.uk/

Jeez, what idiots. I think the biggest turn-offs (for me, in no particular order) would be

* video intro * scrapy framework * under 30s only * passport copy required

Because: Video? No chance. Emphasis on easy to use framework? Ha. Under 30 only? .. why? That makes no sense (and is probably illegal) Passport copy required - that's mine, and you're not getting it.

And not only would the ideal candidate be hard to find, the recruiter doesn't seem to exist at

http://www.careerharbour.co.uk/

either...

Always takes me aback when I see age explicitly specified in a job description. That wouldn't fly in the US, you have to be more subtle with age discrimination here.

That, plus gender. "Just a nice dude"

"8. Just a nice dude"

Women need not apply either, I suppose.

Well, have you ever seen a female unicorn? Me neither ;)

Edit: I mean in reality - Google will gladly find you a googol of nonexistent things.

I have seen many. You could probably use Google to find them yourself.

> Just a nice dude

I guess female unicorns can't apply.

> Passport or ID copy

Nope, I will never send my passport copy to a random email address - this is even illegal in certain places.

"Under 30 years old" - is that legal?

No. There are some very strictly controlled situations where a UK employer can discriminate on age, and this comes nowhere near.

This document contains a bunch of stuff (long hours; sex; age) that UK employers just can't do. I suspect that Career Harbour is about to discover what regulation feels like.

Not sure about the UK, a little of the googles shows me that there are age discrimination laws there. I don't know if its kosher or just another indicator of this firm's cluelessness. (edit: or satire?)

They missed the requirement where the candidate must be willing to work for peanuts too. I guess they didn't want to scare people off. :)

Minimum requirements:

* Random library that any eng could learn in a day

Actually this much be a joke. I bit.

The unfortunate thing is, this person does exist. They might even take this job. And it will probably grind them to dust.

What's a unicon?

Edit: not unicorn!!

A metaphor for "something which doesn't exist."

Is this a joke?

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