This is a fantastic idea, like blind auditions. http://www.nber.org/papers/w5903 | Hacker News

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dgabriel on March 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Blind Pair Programming Interviews

This is a fantastic idea, like blind auditions. http://www.nber.org/papers/w5903

lukasb on March 18, 2014 [–]

That's the first thing I thought of!

For the lazy, the linked paper (which is very famous) shows a significant jump in hiring women after orchestras started conducting blind auditions.

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