Ask HN: If I learn MapReduce or Golang, would you hire me?

Re:Ask HN: If I learn MapReduce or Golang, would you hire me? by codingdave on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:55AM (#36105167)

Yes and no -- learning news skills is a good start, but is not how you get hired. Applying the learned skills and showing that you know how to solve problems with them... that is what will get you hired.

Your experience likewise won't directly help you to switch careers, but it probably gives you a ton of insights into ways things could be done better.

So learn skills, think about problems and solutions, and make some simple projects to show what you are capable of. If you can do that, you can probably get hired.

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Re:Ask HN: If I learn MapReduce or Golang, would you hire me? by revskill on Sunday May 28, 2023 @12:16PM (#36105374)

I can learn on-the-job training fast. Is it enough for getting hired?

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Re:Ask HN: If I learn MapReduce or Golang, would you hire me? by smoldesu on Sunday May 28, 2023 @12:17PM (#36105386)

It entirely depends on the job, and moreover the market. Those skills would have probably landed you a number of Junior/Intern interviews in 2018, but it will be a while before the market looks like that again.

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