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Is this board only for Silicon Valley people? I was looking for a cleared job over Christmas on the east coast. Applying internally I got rejections, applying t

Is this board only for Silicon Valley people? I was looking for a cleared job over Christmas on the east coast. Applying internally I got rejections, applying to jobs from recruiters I got interviews and offers about 60% of the time. I found that five years of experience in "programming" didn't qualify me for jobs that wanted three years of Angular, or Spring, or seven years total. I've still never had an interview with a programming test except my very first one that had FizzBuzz.

suifbwish 6y ago
This is when jobs where your boss does not understand your work very well are nice to have on your recent resume . You basically can say you did whatever non far fetched tech thing you want and then describe it to fit with a system or project they would remember you working on so they will think it’s some detail they missed before if asked on a reference follow up and boom... tech experience bank check. Generally the people interviewing you and asking questions are not going to be able to tell the difference betweeen a 3 year veteran and a 5 year veteran. Trying to pretend to know coding when you just learned it is different than pretending to be more experienced than you are in something that you are proficient in to begin with.