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The way I would explain it to them is to imagine the compiler as being dustin hoffman's rain man.

In part, I make sure they know who Reid Hoffman is or that he founded LinkedIn and wrote a book that covers the employee-employer relationship and that the concept of lifetime employment is outdated...

Reid Hoffman's spiel about "tours of duty" strikes me as the most suitable framework for the current corporate job market.

Could we replace the LinkBait title with a more informative description like "LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman on the biggest employer lie: the company is like a family".

I remember Reid Hoffman saying something about how he welcomed a "A horse to race against" for LinkedIn.

The movie isn't really a 'version', it's just a movie about Abbie Hoffman.

Reid Hoffman wrote a great piece recently calling for a change in the company/employee relationship from "join our family" to "help us while improving your skills".

Like linkedin / Reid Hoffman's approach to career development: stop pretending you're joining a company for life; instead, treat employment as a tour of duty with limited duration.

It seems the point is being made in order to give Reid Hoffman a segue to explain his company's approach to hiring, instead of actually attempting to find "the biggest lie" based on actual data.

> "They know that employers want loyalty," Hoffman says.

I do spend a fair amount of time letting the person know why I ask the question, where it comes from (Reid Hoffman's book), and why I'm asking.

It's shocking how much a wannabe game dev that looks like Philip Seymour Hoffman's younger sister can learn about enterprise development too, when they've never actually worked a day in their life at a typical enterprise shop.

Reid Hoffman's spiel about "tours of duty" strikes me as the most suitable framework for the current corporate job market.

Could we replace the LinkBait title with a more informative description like "LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman on the biggest employer lie: the company is like a family".

I remember Reid Hoffman saying something about how he welcomed a "A horse to race against" for LinkedIn.

Reid Hoffman wrote a great piece recently calling for a change in the company/employee relationship from "join our family" to "help us while improving your skills".

The movie isn't really a 'version', it's just a movie about Abbie Hoffman.

Like linkedin / Reid Hoffman's approach to career development: stop pretending you're joining a company for life; instead, treat employment as a tour of duty with limited duration.

I do spend a fair amount of time letting the person know why I ask the question, where it comes from (Reid Hoffman's book), and why I'm asking.