Dear Programming Job Applicants (2010)

Re:Dear Programming Job Applicants (2010) by mxcrossb on Saturday May 18, 2019 @06:45AM (#19946706)

I think the problem is that programmers have been taught to list every language and tech they have used on order to pass through HR. So, for example, when I was a student I wrote a ton of c# code. I’d be inclined to put that on a resume. But if they then asked me to code something in the language, it would certainly go poorly due to rust. Heck, I was a TA for a course where we taught lisp, but that doesn’t mean I can just start coding.

But if it’s listed as a job requirement, sure start quizzing.

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Re:Dear Programming Job Applicants (2010) by fma on Saturday May 18, 2019 @08:32AM (#19947055)

Agreed. But also I think a lot of job requirements list every programing language under the sun...so candidates just trying to match the resume screening algorithms.

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Re:Dear Programming Job Applicants (2010) by scarface74 on Saturday May 18, 2019 @09:19AM (#19947245)

I did C afor over a decade, I was really good at it. I haven’t used it in a decade. But, I left it off of my resume after an experience I had 4 years ago. I was applying for a C#/JavaScript job that didn’t have one line of C in the codebase, but one of the interviewers started asking me trivia about C. I happened to remember it, I got the job, but I learned my lesson.

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