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I found that besides skills, people focus on "years of experience" . I would love to see more of "flow" parameters in job requirements, and I blogged about this

by poseid 12y ago

I found that besides skills, people focus on "years of experience" . I would love to see more of "flow" parameters in job requirements, and I blogged about this idea a while back: http://thinkingonthinking.com/skill-bars/ http://thinkingonthinking.com/skill-bars/

sarciszewski 12y ago
Yes, I've seen this a lot. The years of experience thing can be taken to ridiculous extremes, as well: I was turned down in the middle of an interview for a PHP position (I have 12 years of experience) recently because, and I'm not making this up, the interviewer claimed, "Well, I have guys with 18 years of experience, I'll call you back if we have an opening for a junior PHP devleoper role. click" I like the flow concept. :)
- byoung2 12y ago
  Wow...18 years of experience in PHP! I would imagine the last 10 years would be the most relevant (post PHP5 and OOP) for most modern applications.
  - sarciszewski 12y ago
    Yes indeed, and the language itself is only 19 years old. I personally view this claim as suspicious, but I didn't argue the point. Anyone who decides that 12 years isn't enough to qualify for a senior position without further examination is probably not the sort of person I'd enjoy working for. :)
- poseid 12y ago
  here is my freelance profile: http://patrick.mtpartners.de/ http://patrick.mtpartners.de/ - the interesting idea here, is that the profile is generated by a small build script. I you provide some basic data, I could try to generate a profile for you too, and we could see if this helps for you, or why/not ?
  - sarciszewski 12y ago
    Thanks, but I'm sure I could roll out my own implementation. (I actually like writing code :D)
    - poseid 12y ago
      :D ... so, we could collaborate? ... as a freelancer the problem is there all the time, selling your skills vs. fighting mass spam from recruiters.
      - sarciszewski 12y ago
        That sounds like a good idea :) https://scott.arciszewski.me/contact/ https://scott.arciszewski.me/contact/ - my GPG keys, XMPP handles (and associated OTR keys), etc. are all on this page ;)

by poseid 12y ago

sarciszewski 12y ago

Yes, I've seen this a lot. The years of experience thing can be taken to ridiculous extremes, as well: I was turned down in the middle of an interview for a PHP position (I have 12 years of experience) recently because, and I'm not making this up, the interviewer claimed, "Well, I have guys with 18 years of experience, I'll call you back if we have an opening for a junior PHP devleoper role. click" I like the flow concept. :)

byoung2 12y ago
Wow...18 years of experience in PHP! I would imagine the last 10 years would be the most relevant (post PHP5 and OOP) for most modern applications.
- sarciszewski 12y ago
  Yes indeed, and the language itself is only 19 years old. I personally view this claim as suspicious, but I didn't argue the point. Anyone who decides that 12 years isn't enough to qualify for a senior position without further examination is probably not the sort of person I'd enjoy working for. :)
poseid 12y ago
here is my freelance profile: http://patrick.mtpartners.de/ http://patrick.mtpartners.de/ - the interesting idea here, is that the profile is generated by a small build script. I you provide some basic data, I could try to generate a profile for you too, and we could see if this helps for you, or why/not ?
- sarciszewski 12y ago
  Thanks, but I'm sure I could roll out my own implementation. (I actually like writing code :D)
  - poseid 12y ago
    :D ... so, we could collaborate? ... as a freelancer the problem is there all the time, selling your skills vs. fighting mass spam from recruiters.
    - sarciszewski 12y ago
      That sounds like a good idea :) https://scott.arciszewski.me/contact/ https://scott.arciszewski.me/contact/ - my GPG keys, XMPP handles (and associated OTR keys), etc. are all on this page ;)