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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by didibus on Sunday June 07, 2020 @03:58AM (#23445601)
I've found in general the places that use Java don't look for a Java developer. Its like they just assume you can pick it up. You might see things like knowledge of OOP, SQL, etc. on the job listing. For example, lots of large companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, etc. have a ton of Java, but their job descriptions don't really mention it.

On the other hand, if a place needs Typescript, or GO, they'll mention it.

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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by randombytes6869 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @07:34AM (#23446636)
I think job descriptions are just marketing materials for developers at a lot of places. Advertising your COBOL just gets you people that want to make more COBOL.

Every job I take, whatever the oldest crappiest technology mentioned in the footnotes is, ends up being 90% of my job.

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