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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 19 2015, @07:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the most-positions-do-not-require-guitar-skills dept.

Carina Chocano writes in the NYT that once, a long time ago, a rock star was a free-spirited, convention-flouting artist/rebel/hero/Dionysian fertility god who fronted a world-famous band, sold millions of records and headlined stadium concerts where people were trampled in frenzies of cultlike fervor.

Now 'rock star'' has made a complete about-face and in its new incarnation, it is more likely to refer to a programmer, salesperson, social-media strategist, business-to-business telemarketer, recruiter, management consultant or celebrity pastry chef than to a person in a band. The term has become shorthand for a virtuosity so exalted it borders on genius — only for some repetitive, detail-oriented task.

According to Chocano, posting a listing for a job for which only ''rock stars'' need apply casts an H.R. manager as a kind of corporate Svengali; "That nobody is looking for a front-end developer who is addicted to heroin or who bites the heads off doves in conference rooms goes without saying. Pretty much anyone can be a ''rock star'' these days — except actual rock stars, who are encouraged to think of themselves as brands."


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  • (Score: 2) by skullz on Wednesday August 19 2015, @09:25PM

    by skullz (2532) on Wednesday August 19 2015, @09:25PM (#225184)

    or hire recruiters who actually have enough skill in the field to spot new rock-star level talent

    Hahahahahaha like that will ever happen

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