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    The document describes The Tech Talent Fair, an event aimed at evaluating tech talent through demonstrations of personal projects rather than traditional credentials. It received an overwhelming response from candidates and media coverage. Future plans include hosting another Tech Talent Fair in April 2012 in San Francisco and encouraging others to replicate the model of emphasizing hands-on skills over academic achievements or work experience.

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    The Tech Talent Fair

    Carl Tanner

    People
    Many Need to evaluate strangers Very few are right Must evaluate a lot of people

    Evaluating People in Bulk


    GPAs SATs GREs Awards/Fellowships Degrees Years of experience

    This is not
    Against education system Against big companies

    What does this reward?


    System can be gamed
    Everything is a Markov Chain Good talkers

    What do we want Celebrated?


    Hands-on experience Love of work Real skills Talent Being a nice person

    New Design
    Needs to
    Be fast Scale

    We decide to
    Gather people Let candidates demo personal projects

    Overwhelming Response
    Candidates from Maine, Austin, and LA Techcrunch, Washington Post

    Future Plans
    Tech Talent Fair: April 20th 2012 at Citizen Space in San Francisco, California Steal this idea! Need Candidates
    Candidates Recruiters Sponsors Volunteers

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