Re:The Zen of Missing Out on the Next Great Programming Tool
by theodorton on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @04:31PM
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People should be more concerned with fundamental skills IMHO. I don't think there are Ruby and Javascript programmers. You're either a programmer or you're not. What language/framework is just a means to an end.
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Re:The Zen of Missing Out on the Next Great Programming Tool
by swah on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @04:42PM
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It is unfortunate that recruiters don't seem to understand that...
Re:The Zen of Missing Out on the Next Great Programming Tool
by sotojuan on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @05:06PM
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Yep. Here and on reddit people are happy to say "we hire for programming skill, not framework or language knowledge!" and they may be right.
However, almost every time I have been rejected or offered a job and given a reason has been for a lack of domain knowledge (or in the latter case, possession of that knowledge!) of a particular framework or language.
Re:The Zen of Missing Out on the Next Great Programming Tool
by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @04:56PM
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True, but as a programmer, I believe you have to at some point start filtering out jobs that are hiring for <insert technology>. That doesn't leave many jobs and one has to be willing to look long and hard for them, but when you find them, you'll be more satisfied.