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> Hiring is all about finding the best candidate. If you find you cannot function sitting in conference room with three other people for an hour, there is a 100% chance there is a better candidate suited for the role, even if his/her technical skills are less than yours.

> Jobs have soft skill requirements, and there is nothing bigoted about that.

Everything you just said also applies to someone who's deaf, blind, or physically impaired.

Apply that same logic to someone with one of those conditions, and enjoy losing the discrimination lawsuit.

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> Everything you just said also applies to someone who's deaf, blind, or physically impaired.

A blind person is not a good bus driver. A physically impaired person is not a good mover or yoga teacher. A deaf person is not a good session musician. A person who cannot function sitting in a meeting with 3 people for an hour is not a good employee where that is required. What makes the last one special compared to others? They can be a great yoga teacher/bus driver/session musician/mover, I just don't see controversy

A physically impaired person can be a good yoga instructor: they'll suggest alternatives, different/better cues, or provide more accessible classes such as yin or seated yoga.

Just because they are physically impaired now doesn't mean they were before, and an instructor won't necessarily move through the poses with the class since they can have 2-3 classes per day.

If you don't like yoga instructor just replace it with crossfit trainer or olympic athlete or tree surgeon or personal bodyguard

Edit: replaced "triggered" with "don't like"

Because an autistic person can be an amazing programmer? As could a blind person, a deaf person, etc...

Simple accommodations can be made if needed and then there's no need to exclude people on old-fashioned prejudice.

Where did I mention being an amazing programmer? If that's the requirement then why not. The comment was replying specifically about environment where you gotta sit through hour long meetings and that is what I wrote about

maybe there is a company where being an amazing programmer is enough. I worked with capable depressed programmer who never delivers and is too shy to delegate anything, capable psycho programmer who no one wants to work with, bad programmer who works crazy hours, carries the project and interacts nicely with customers when needed. The last one was probably the most valuable

> Where did I mention being an amazing programmer?

I mean... that's what the title and context of the discussion thread is all about?

If you are an amazing programmer but can't function in the 1 hour sitdown meeting which is part of your job activities then you are de facto worse candidate than the next amazing programmer who can, that's just how it is.

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