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1. pengui+an[view] [source] 2023-03-18 12:17:13
>>kaeruc+(OP)
My ex-employer used Github stars in their job description and during recruitement pitches. They regularly encouraged employees to go and star the firm's repos in Github. In all-hands meetings, the Github stars were one of the items they reported: "we've surpassed X in Github stars" (applause).

(The firm X, however, is a more well-known name than my ex-employer was).

A while ago, I listened to a Freakonomics episode where it was discussed that businesses use proxies to both boost their image and to cover up their incompetency. The example was that a lot of businesses chose fancy names starting with A (like, AAA plumbers), so that they get listed first in business directories. These firms were later proven to be very incompetent and/or even fraudulent.

The relevant paper, also cited in the episode, was "A Business by Any Other Name": https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1667550.

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2. goodol+CG[view] [source] 2023-03-18 15:04:55
>>pengui+an
They were incompetent because they didn’t have enough As. I exclusively use AAAAAAAAAAAA Plumbers
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3. photoc+gM[view] [source] 2023-03-18 15:44:10
>>goodol+CG
Apparently seven is the sweet spot for visual recognition at a glance, so I'd go with AAAAAAA Plumbers instead.
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