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Re:U.S. Employers Struggle to Match Workers with Open Jobs by WalterSear on Friday September 01, 2017 @11:40AM (#15149397)
I think they are talking about picking up unfamiliar tools and languages that are reasonably close to their existing skillset rather than 'learning to code'.
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Re:U.S. Employers Struggle to Match Workers with Open Jobs by seanmcdirmid on Friday September 01, 2017 @02:04PM (#15150940)
Maybe, evaluating a dev is tricky, judging them on soft skills alone would lead to many false positives and negatives.
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Re:U.S. Employers Struggle to Match Workers with Open Jobs by WalterSear on Friday September 01, 2017 @02:12PM (#15151011)
Sure. I think the parent is implying that this evaluation is what is flawed, and overly driven by a focus on the superficial layers of technology.

So, for instance, a Reactjs developer fresh out of bootcamp gets considered over a veteran Angular developer, 'because they know React.'

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