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Is there a good reason to downvote this? It seems undeniably true, no?

by Ocerge 3y ago

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chiefalchemist 3y ago
True but perhaps too cold and too direct? "The problem is you" could have been "Maybe have peers and a mentor look at your CV" or something similar that's constructive.
rawgabbit 3y ago
I believe he was referring to "Professional and technical services". This is a general category that includes legal advice and representation; accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll services; architectural, engineering, and specialized design services; computer services; consulting services; research services; advertising services; photographic services; translation and interpretation services; veterinary services; and other professional, scientific, and technical services. https://data.bls.gov/cew/apps/bls_naics/v3/bls_naics_app.htm#tab=search&naics=2022&keyword=54&searchType=titles&fromHier=true&filter=nothing&sort=text_asc&resultIndex=0 https://data.bls.gov/cew/apps/bls_naics/v3/bls_naics_app.htm...
lowercased 3y ago
"Professional and technical services" covers a lot of stuff, and there may be lots more workers in 'professional services' that are not software folks. I've got more than a handful of (over)qualified colleagues that can't get hired anywhere. Hundreds of applications - not all just click/submit, but many have personal connections/intros vouch for them - hiring will take less experienced/cheaper folks, or... just put off hiring for another few months. Place near me has had the same open position for going on 16 months now. Specific language/tech stack where they also want someone onsite 5 days week. When you've had the position open that long, and you've turned away qualified people for... nitpicky stuff... the job must not be that important. Yet, somehow it's ultra-important to be onsite 5 days/week. Suspicion is that they're just riding the other devs there harder while they 'look' for someone they have no intention of hiring, all while saying "we just can't find anyone!".

Is there a good reason to downvote this? It seems undeniably true, no?

by Ocerge 3y ago

Is there a good reason to downvote this? It seems undeniably true, no?

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chiefalchemist 3y ago

True but perhaps too cold and too direct? "The problem is you" could have been "Maybe have peers and a mentor look at your CV" or something similar that's constructive.

rawgabbit 3y ago

I believe he was referring to "Professional and technical services". This is a general category that includes legal advice and representation; accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll services; architectural, engineering, and specialized design services; computer services; consulting services; research services; advertising services; photographic services; translation and interpretation services; veterinary services; and other professional, scientific, and technical services. https://data.bls.gov/cew/apps/bls_naics/v3/bls_naics_app.htm#tab=search&naics=2022&keyword=54&searchType=titles&fromHier=true&filter=nothing&sort=text_asc&resultIndex=0 https://data.bls.gov/cew/apps/bls_naics/v3/bls_naics_app.htm...

lowercased 3y ago

"Professional and technical services" covers a lot of stuff, and there may be lots more workers in 'professional services' that are not software folks. I've got more than a handful of (over)qualified colleagues that can't get hired anywhere. Hundreds of applications - not all just click/submit, but many have personal connections/intros vouch for them - hiring will take less experienced/cheaper folks, or... just put off hiring for another few months. Place near me has had the same open position for going on 16 months now. Specific language/tech stack where they also want someone onsite 5 days week. When you've had the position open that long, and you've turned away qualified people for... nitpicky stuff... the job must not be that important. Yet, somehow it's ultra-important to be onsite 5 days/week. Suspicion is that they're just riding the other devs there harder while they 'look' for someone they have no intention of hiring, all while saying "we just can't find anyone!".