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I think you're right, and I find this extremely sad. Recruiters are like toddlers trying to fit square pegs toys or a key to a lock. If shown a master key they
by bambax 2y ago
I think you're right, and I find this extremely sad. Recruiters are like toddlers trying to fit square pegs toys or a key to a lock. If shown a master key they won't accept it.
This is not just sad but incredibly inefficient, because it's better to hire a clever person than can get things done, who can learn anything, than to hire an "expert" in some stupid tech that will be obsolete in six months, and who will probably have a hard time learning anything else.
- sokoloff 2y agoAll else being equal, sure. A common line of thinking though is “I don’t want someone who will quickly tire of whatever boring mostly-CRUD thing we do; I don’t need clever; I need willing to do boring things…” That might not ever be said aloud, but I think it underlies some hiring decision-making (and, for a lot of places, probably should underly their thinking). We might love software for its challenges and changes; most places just see it as a cost that must be paid to make their business function. They no more love it than they do their electricity utility.