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None of these are in high-demand right now in my experience. Despite being an expert in most of these listed, I haven't even had an interview in a couple of mo

None of these are in high-demand right now in my experience. Despite being an expert in most of these listed, I haven't even had an interview in a couple of months. Wish it were as easy as getting some certifications, but I don't think anyone has ever asked for one specifically in my entire career.

esseph 1y ago
There could be a lot of reasons for that. The market in general is awful for hiring right now. Just broken.
- mixmastamyk 1y ago
  Yes, that's what I'm saying. The rise of ATS seems to be a big part of the problem. Don't think I'm even being seen. There's also been an explosion of stacks, and if you didn't work with the ZYZYXX stack for the last five years, no chance, because someone else has.
  - koakuma-chan 1y ago
    Just lie. They don't know what they're doing.
    - mixmastamyk 1y ago
      Would consider it if I could even get an interview. Often I do have most or similar experience, but even that is not enough.
      - koakuma-chan 1y ago
        I know right? One recruiter told me that they wouldn't interview me because I didn't have experience with Shopify. What kind of bullshit is that? What worked for me is putting as many keywords as possible and using ChatGPT to write what you did at your previous job. It's best when sprinkled with some hallucinations.
      - CursedSilicon 1y ago
        I got hired on as a 1099 to help implement some "Facebook clone but for your company's internal intranet" because they specifically needed a US citizen to do it for "compliance reasons" (energy company) After coming to terms with their... questionable software stack (Apache on Ubuntu in which they rented AWS bare metal to then run ESXi???) they asked me if I knew anything about Azure, so they could broaden their cloud support I had their entire stack transliterated and ready to run within hours the same day (their app really could just be on a VPS somewhere) Despite this, I was told I'd have to apply for their Sysadmin job the same as anyone else. Okay. Fine It later came back that I was pruned from even being shortlisted because "you don't have any Azure experience" I ported your entire stack to it in mere hours but I guess not!
        dzonga 1y ago
        username to post correlation
        red-iron-pine 11mo ago
        no one could give you an internal reference, or you couldn't shout out to a manager "hey I applied holler at HR"? The ATS doesn't give a shit but asking the right person means you bypass it completely. Did you piss someone off or something? Fail to ask?
- RickJWagner 1y ago
  I wish it were broken, then it could be fixed. I think it is changed. AI is today’s version of the computer, putting many out of long-held jobs while opening up new career paths for different skills.
tonyhart7 1y ago
its not this the other way around??? with the amount of investment of data center in the western, it would need a tons of people to do that
uberduper 1y ago
It's difficult to quantify the value of "I know the shit out of linux" to a prospective employer when they're looking for cog developer #471. In my experience it's the network of people you've worked with that know how beneficial you are and want to work with you again (this is key) that will keep you in demand regardless of the market conditions.
- mixmastamyk 1y ago
  Victim-blaming is not necessary in this hiring environment. In the last decade only small companies have been available to me which means there’s under five folks I can turn to directly for jobs, and all are not hiring now.
tayo42 1y ago
Your resume isn't that good then, or your leaving out information about your situation. I give 1-2 interviews a week right now for SRE jobs that pay mid 200s Job markets bad but you should be getting some calls atleast
- chrisweekly 1y ago
  Frankly that is a pretty thoughtless response. Even if your anecdote were broadly applicable, it still doesn't logically follow that an employer giving lots of interviews somehow translates on the applicant side into "a better resume would get you interviews". In fact, the hiring process has become incredibly dysfunctional. The best conceivable resume is still unlikely even to be read by a human hiring manager when it's just one of literally thousands of others for the same role.
  - tayo42 1y ago
    I'll disagree, it's important to know the extent of what the bad market is. No replies in months means something else is up. The job market is bad but people are still getting jobs and interviews. Months of silence is not normal Ive also been on the applicant side and got interviews and call backs, also a handful of recruiters reaching out to me
    - mixmastamyk 1y ago
      I invite you to try to get a mainstream developer interview right now. Cold, without network. For example, I put an ad here, and replied to five others. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 No replies or enquiries.
      - tayo42 1y ago
        I did a couple months ago. i did like 4 of them. you want me to screenshot my interview schedules or something? I'm not one of these "use your network people", im to introverted for that. I cold apply through companies sites. I never had anyone reach out on these who's hiring things though. Also HN whos hiring has been a dead end for me on my job searches. Is that resume the one your uploading onto websites and job portals? Unsolicited feedback OK or am i going to get hammered with downvotes? lol Get rid of the cute formatting. Pictures, icons, "fun" section. Recruiters get 1000s of applications per job. It needs to be easily parseable by software and easy at a glance to see who you are. The top third is a sky diver. keep it to only 1 page. Your also not using a professional tone on your resume.
temp0826 1y ago
~25 years of linux experience, 8-9ish professionally here, my beard is a bit gray. 2 interviews in the last 11 months of looking for me. I am not being picky. (I'm at a little more of a disadvantage- I've been exploring another, non-tech career path since covid, which now shows as a five year gap on my cv). (Any leads out there hn?)
thenthenthen 1y ago
Same experience, first question is “Do you have a PhD?”, actually scrap that, they assume I have…..
itomato 1y ago
Canonical is always hiring people who know their shit, downside is you have to believe in Launchpad and use their products.
- pengaru 11mo ago
  and be willing to endure the hazing ritual they call an application and interview process

esseph 1y ago

There could be a lot of reasons for that. The market in general is awful for hiring right now. Just broken.

mixmastamyk 1y ago
Yes, that's what I'm saying. The rise of ATS seems to be a big part of the problem. Don't think I'm even being seen. There's also been an explosion of stacks, and if you didn't work with the ZYZYXX stack for the last five years, no chance, because someone else has.
- koakuma-chan 1y ago
  Just lie. They don't know what they're doing.
  - mixmastamyk 1y ago
    Would consider it if I could even get an interview. Often I do have most or similar experience, but even that is not enough.
    - koakuma-chan 1y ago
      I know right? One recruiter told me that they wouldn't interview me because I didn't have experience with Shopify. What kind of bullshit is that? What worked for me is putting as many keywords as possible and using ChatGPT to write what you did at your previous job. It's best when sprinkled with some hallucinations.
    - CursedSilicon 1y ago
      I got hired on as a 1099 to help implement some "Facebook clone but for your company's internal intranet" because they specifically needed a US citizen to do it for "compliance reasons" (energy company) After coming to terms with their... questionable software stack (Apache on Ubuntu in which they rented AWS bare metal to then run ESXi???) they asked me if I knew anything about Azure, so they could broaden their cloud support I had their entire stack transliterated and ready to run within hours the same day (their app really could just be on a VPS somewhere) Despite this, I was told I'd have to apply for their Sysadmin job the same as anyone else. Okay. Fine It later came back that I was pruned from even being shortlisted because "you don't have any Azure experience" I ported your entire stack to it in mere hours but I guess not!
      - dzonga 1y ago
        username to post correlation
      - red-iron-pine 11mo ago
        no one could give you an internal reference, or you couldn't shout out to a manager "hey I applied holler at HR"? The ATS doesn't give a shit but asking the right person means you bypass it completely. Did you piss someone off or something? Fail to ask?
RickJWagner 1y ago
I wish it were broken, then it could be fixed. I think it is changed. AI is today’s version of the computer, putting many out of long-held jobs while opening up new career paths for different skills.

tonyhart7 1y ago

its not this the other way around??? with the amount of investment of data center in the western, it would need a tons of people to do that

uberduper 1y ago

It's difficult to quantify the value of "I know the shit out of linux" to a prospective employer when they're looking for cog developer #471. In my experience it's the network of people you've worked with that know how beneficial you are and want to work with you again (this is key) that will keep you in demand regardless of the market conditions.

mixmastamyk 1y ago
Victim-blaming is not necessary in this hiring environment. In the last decade only small companies have been available to me which means there’s under five folks I can turn to directly for jobs, and all are not hiring now.

tayo42 1y ago

Your resume isn't that good then, or your leaving out information about your situation. I give 1-2 interviews a week right now for SRE jobs that pay mid 200s Job markets bad but you should be getting some calls atleast

chrisweekly 1y ago
Frankly that is a pretty thoughtless response. Even if your anecdote were broadly applicable, it still doesn't logically follow that an employer giving lots of interviews somehow translates on the applicant side into "a better resume would get you interviews". In fact, the hiring process has become incredibly dysfunctional. The best conceivable resume is still unlikely even to be read by a human hiring manager when it's just one of literally thousands of others for the same role.
- tayo42 1y ago
  I'll disagree, it's important to know the extent of what the bad market is. No replies in months means something else is up. The job market is bad but people are still getting jobs and interviews. Months of silence is not normal Ive also been on the applicant side and got interviews and call backs, also a handful of recruiters reaching out to me
  - mixmastamyk 1y ago
    I invite you to try to get a mainstream developer interview right now. Cold, without network. For example, I put an ad here, and replied to five others. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 No replies or enquiries.
    - tayo42 1y ago
      I did a couple months ago. i did like 4 of them. you want me to screenshot my interview schedules or something? I'm not one of these "use your network people", im to introverted for that. I cold apply through companies sites. I never had anyone reach out on these who's hiring things though. Also HN whos hiring has been a dead end for me on my job searches. Is that resume the one your uploading onto websites and job portals? Unsolicited feedback OK or am i going to get hammered with downvotes? lol Get rid of the cute formatting. Pictures, icons, "fun" section. Recruiters get 1000s of applications per job. It needs to be easily parseable by software and easy at a glance to see who you are. The top third is a sky diver. keep it to only 1 page. Your also not using a professional tone on your resume.

temp0826 1y ago

~25 years of linux experience, 8-9ish professionally here, my beard is a bit gray. 2 interviews in the last 11 months of looking for me. I am not being picky. (I'm at a little more of a disadvantage- I've been exploring another, non-tech career path since covid, which now shows as a five year gap on my cv). (Any leads out there hn?)

thenthenthen 1y ago

Same experience, first question is “Do you have a PhD?”, actually scrap that, they assume I have…..

itomato 1y ago

Canonical is always hiring people who know their shit, downside is you have to believe in Launchpad and use their products.

pengaru 11mo ago
and be willing to endure the hazing ritual they call an application and interview process