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> I can name three different ex-colleagues at three different companies all making well over 100k a year and they're all still writing JQuery. And when they ne

by flukus 5y ago

> I can name three different ex-colleagues at three different companies all making well over 100k a year and they're all still writing JQuery. And when they next apply for a job the recruiters will hang up because they don't have x years of $hotNewTech. Sure they'll probably land a job sooner or later anyway or may be able to rely on word of mouth, but it does give you less opportunities. The jobs they're being rejected for are run of the mill ones too, nothing to do with "striving for the top". Of course this is stupid and anyone with experience should be able to pick up $hotNewtech easily, but it's how things currently work.

superfrank 5y ago
> The jobs they're being rejected for are run of the mill ones too, nothing to do with "striving for the top". This is absolutely not true and you're just perpetuating the myth. One of them was the head of another project at the company I worked at pre-covid. He liked the company we were at, but had to move across the country because of some family issues and wasn't sure if the company we were at would let him work remote full time, so he started interviewing so he could have a fall back if they said no. It took him about 6 weeks of interviewing to get 2 different offers. Both interviews were from companies you've probably heard of, but neither were companies I would classify as "tech companies". If you've got more than a few years experience and are looking in the right places, there are tons of people who don't care that you aren't writing what ever the latest technology is. Big cities that aren't traditionally "tech cities" have tons of these jobs. Also, like I mentioned above, big companies that aren't tech companies, but have internal tools that need to be maintained have these positions as well (regional banks, large school districts/colleges).
- flukus 5y ago
  > It took him about 6 weeks of interviewing to get 2 different offers. And how many rejections did they get for not having $hotNewTech on their resume? That they got a job doesn't demonstrate that they had fewer opportunities, which was the point I was making.

by flukus 5y ago

superfrank 5y ago

> The jobs they're being rejected for are run of the mill ones too, nothing to do with "striving for the top". This is absolutely not true and you're just perpetuating the myth. One of them was the head of another project at the company I worked at pre-covid. He liked the company we were at, but had to move across the country because of some family issues and wasn't sure if the company we were at would let him work remote full time, so he started interviewing so he could have a fall back if they said no. It took him about 6 weeks of interviewing to get 2 different offers. Both interviews were from companies you've probably heard of, but neither were companies I would classify as "tech companies". If you've got more than a few years experience and are looking in the right places, there are tons of people who don't care that you aren't writing what ever the latest technology is. Big cities that aren't traditionally "tech cities" have tons of these jobs. Also, like I mentioned above, big companies that aren't tech companies, but have internal tools that need to be maintained have these positions as well (regional banks, large school districts/colleges).

flukus 5y ago
> It took him about 6 weeks of interviewing to get 2 different offers. And how many rejections did they get for not having $hotNewTech on their resume? That they got a job doesn't demonstrate that they had fewer opportunities, which was the point I was making.