I think people are becoming overly concerned with only interacting with "their own people"

Being able to access a bunch of people via the web has made us picky about who we interact with. Most will choose to interact with those who are most similar to us to minimize social friction and inevitable confrontation. They just want to work within their bubble.

What they don't realize is that when you gather people from bubbles other than you're own, it actually makes whatever you're building together stronger because of the varying viewpoints.

Recruiting based on merit and skills first used to be the norm which can be shortened to the phrase "proof of work" Whereas now we seem to be living in a "proof of stake" world where saying that you're a maximalist and believe in the passion of XYZ is enough.

Here's to hoping we loop around to a proof of work world before everything crumbles.

good luck with your job applications 👍