A guide to #SoftwareDeveloper #job advertisements: (1/2)

• “work on cutting-edge technology”: Do what everyone else is doing
• “a fast-paced environment”: Your job will be constantly firefighting
• “must be a team player”: Must not question authority
• “able to work with minimal supervision”: You’ll be the one we blame when something goes wrong
• “an #Agile team”: We have daily #StandUps
• “a market leader”: Recently started making a profit

A guide to #SoftwareDeveloper #job advertisements: (2/2):

• “ #RockStarDeveloper ”: You will work very long hours with impossible deadlines
• “we have an urgent need”: Our other #RockStar just left and no one understands the code
• “dynamic environment”: Our leadership keeps changing priorities
• “self-starter”: We have no process
• “passionate”: Perseveres through regular death marches

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