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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by jesterson on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:38AM (#26832138)
> OP doesn't sound like someone who actually has the skills for a dev job.

If you pardon me, I doubt either of us have the senses to judge someone's capacity for dev job. He may not be very lucid at explanations, but it doesn't allow us to measure his dev capacity. Hopefully you'd agree we need slightly more to evaluate that.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by hannasanarion on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:03AM (#26833999)
The point being made is the lucidity of explanation is part of the dev job. We aren't all just code monkeys, typing out programs for 8 hours straight every day.

Being able to design, describe, explain, and critique in a way that doesn't make everyone at your company resent you is far more important than any dev hard skill.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by yarcob on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:36PM (#26836844)
I really don't think OP has the required skills for a dev job. It's not just the writing style, it's also the complete lack of any relevant education or experience.

I didn't say anything about their mental capacity, it's quite possible that they learn the skills.

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