nixCraft 🐧Jun 5, 2023
Show threadBob ThomsonJun 5, 2023
@nixCraft super common in job ads though sadly. All looking for that elusive unicorn, the good dev who also has a deep love of infrastructure and ops, as well as ability to address those concerns.
Show threadAsh_CrowJun 5, 2023
@bobthomson70 @nixCraft it's also common for those ads to require 5 years of experience on a 2-3 years old framework.
Show threadBilly Smith

@Ash_Crow @bobthomson70 @nixCraft

I remember seeing some of those ads for Java programmers looking for JVM experience.

Chatting OTR with a couple of the HR people at one conference, and found out there was someone specific that they were trying to recruit.

Jun 5, 2023 at 5:03pmWeb
Show threadBob ThomsonJun 5, 2023
@nixCraft @BillySmith @Ash_Crow 27 years of contract work, nothing surprises me in recruitment any more :) Always so much nonsense in it.
Show threadBilly SmithJun 5, 2023

@bobthomson70 @nixCraft @Ash_Crow

Sometimes it's someone they are already employing on contract, but they are legally required to advertise the position.

Sometimes it's aimed at someone that they want to poach from another company. :D

Show threadスパックマン クリスJun 5, 2023

@BillySmith @bobthomson70 @nixCraft @Ash_Crow

I mean, I don't have high expectations of a lot of bureaucratic systems - so "10 years of experience with a technology that is only 5 years old" seems totally plausible.

But yeah - "we want this person and are willing to look stupid to get them" also makes a lot of sense. Hadn't thought of that.

Thanks.