Re:Ask HN: Is There Really a Coder Shortage?
by theworld572 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @09:29AM
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> Nope, this would be to move to London.
Ah ok, that makes a lot more sense then.
> So, this would be a developer with ten years experience looking for essentially "any" developer role in London.
Really? So you have been working in Bristol as a developer for 10 years but can't manage to get a job in London? Thats mad. At what stage to you get rejected? i.e. CV rejected, initial phonecall or in person interview? Do they give you any reasons?
Re:Ask HN: Is There Really a Coder Shortage?
by EnderMB on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:37AM
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Rejected at the CV stage. Oddly, the only company where I've had anything close to a phone call is Facebook, although they reached out to me rather than vice versa, mainly because my CV had a range of different languages that I had worked with in the last few years.
Initially, I thought it'd be something to do with my CV, but that wouldn't explain why I don't struggle to find work in Bristol - if anything I get hounded on LinkedIn a few times a day by recruiters in the South West.
So, this would be a developer with ten years experience looking for essentially "any" developer role in London. Easy, right? Apparently not. In the time it's taken me to reply to these messages I've had another rejection from JPMorgan Chase...
As an aside, I've done the commute from Bristol to London a few times for work, and while there are people that do it every day it's a killer, and you'd be lucky to get from Bristol Temple Meads to Liverpool Street at 9am if you get the first train in.