I think Anna was saying “it is true that in the 2018 − 2020 era, CFAR was about 60% a hiring ground and only 40% something else, but that is not true currently.”
If this is the case, I do understand now, but I think the comment claiming that it’s not true at the literal current moment of October 2021 is useless in a misleading (though probably not intentional way).
I think it is important to the CFAR-aligned folks that CFAR is not “bad” in the way noted in that comment, but to everyone else, the important thing is whether or not that criticism is true. It was the initial ignorance on my end that we were looking at the same fact from different angles that led to the confusion.
(Also, I’m not continuing this out of a desire to show that “I’m right” or something, but just to explain why I cared since I now understand the mistake and can explain it. I’m happy to flesh it out more if this wasn’t very clear)
TBC it easily may also be that CFAR made strategic shifts during COVID that make the statement true in a non-trivial way; I simply wouldn’t know that fact and so can’t speak to it.
Ah, so I should take the first statement as being strictly NOW, like 2021? That clears things up a lot, thanks!
I think Anna was saying “it is true that in the 2018 − 2020 era, CFAR was about 60% a hiring ground and only 40% something else, but that is not true currently.”
If this is the case, I do understand now, but I think the comment claiming that it’s not true at the literal current moment of October 2021 is useless in a misleading (though probably not intentional way).
I think it is important to the CFAR-aligned folks that CFAR is not “bad” in the way noted in that comment, but to everyone else, the important thing is whether or not that criticism is true. It was the initial ignorance on my end that we were looking at the same fact from different angles that led to the confusion.
(Also, I’m not continuing this out of a desire to show that “I’m right” or something, but just to explain why I cared since I now understand the mistake and can explain it. I’m happy to flesh it out more if this wasn’t very clear)
TBC it easily may also be that CFAR made strategic shifts during COVID that make the statement true in a non-trivial way; I simply wouldn’t know that fact and so can’t speak to it.