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Yeah, that is not what recruiters seem to care about. Nor what is tested in interviews.

• lumost 5y ago
  50/50 It's what employers look for in Senior Engineers, but junior engineers are often hired on pure tech. Historically there was a high amount of BS where people would take credit for deliveries that they were only tangentially a part of, or get ridiculously lucky on their first big project. It's next to impossible to hold an engineering team together to even KTLO if you don't have some project which grow's their careers.
  • ju-st 5y ago
    The number one requirement for Senior Engineers is their extensive experience with the company's tech stack. At least that is what is written in job ads outside of FAANG. You're probably not passing the HR stage when you have experience in Java but the company is looking for a senior .NET developer.
    • urthor 5y ago
      Is this unironically true? Couldn't you... just fib? And learn it in a weekend?
    • pjmlp 5y ago
      Kind of, yes you are right, however sometimes it is possible to balance it wiht other senior skills that are technology agnostic. So one might not get in due to lacking .NET skills, but the other enterprise architecture and soft skills will be just as relevant. Then it is up to the person to sell themselves. Source, I have been jumping across .NET, Java, C++, native and Web for almost 30 years now.