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Which is great, until every job application reads as the exact same mix of positive adjectives and power words and you learn to skip the first 1-2 paragraphs of
by xboxnolifes 5y ago
Which is great, until every job application reads as the exact same mix of positive adjectives and power words and you learn to skip the first 1-2 paragraphs of every one.
- ye_olde_gamer 5y agoOnly if you limit yourself to a particular kind of company, I think? I've worked as a dev for decades, but not for proper, actual tech companies... mostly a mixture of small biz and nonprofits. No two orgs were alike, even though my job at each one was very similar.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoI didn't say the jobs were alike, I said the job listings were alike.
- ye_olde_gamer 5y agoNot the ones I've applied to. If a company can't even tell you about itself without hyperbole, why bother?
- cutemonster 5y agoBecause they might pay lots of money and the coworkers can be nice and talented (they didn't write the job ad) among other things