GTSAM maintainer auto-rejected for a state estimation role that listed GTSAM

ChongZzZhang · x · 2026-10-24

A robotics hiring farce: the maintainer of GTSAM applied to Shield AI for a state estimation role whose job description explicitly listed GTSAM familiarity — and got rejected within a week without a single interview. Another GTSAM maintainer (Georgia Tech PhD) reports being auto-rejected for the same role, pointing to keyword-driven screening that's completely out of touch with the actual requirements.

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