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> I am finding that more and more people are looking for extremely specific and narrow experience. Like, if you haven't used <x> technology and worked in <y> do
by sage76 3y ago
> I am finding that more and more people are looking for extremely specific and narrow experience. Like, if you haven't used <x> technology and worked in <y> domain, they don't want to even speak to you. They'd almost rather higher a new grad who happened to work in <x> than someone with experience in many languages and domains. It's really weird. I've been thinking a lot about how to make my own path, because it's exhausting trying to apply and work for myopic places.
Exactly why I left this industry permanently.
- danjac 3y agoThis is definitely why I am thinking about leaving the industry, if and when current gig ends. Even with a resume tailored exactly to requirements, crickets. Some copium going around - "it's just interest rates", "thinks will pick up soon". Nope. This is what the end of the industry looks like, at least for a great many developers.
- StaircaseWit 3y agoWhat did you move to?
- bmitc 3y agoI have definitely thought about it. It wasn't my "dream", if there's such a thing any more when it comes to careers, and I didn't even study it in school. I always say I fell into software, which is true. But I have also considered doing things with software that make me happy in a way that I could make a living from it. I haven't come across something yet, but I have a few ideas in mind that could work with a lot of initial work.