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The problem is that job ads always say "We want experience in X, Y, Z." They never say "We want someone who can code without a framework, and could learn whate
by fsk 12y ago
The problem is that job ads always say "We want experience in X, Y, Z." They never say "We want someone who can code without a framework, and could learn whatever we're using quickly."
- wdewind 12y agoHi. We use Ruby on Rails, we want someone who can code without a framework and could learn whatever we're using quickly.
- morgante 12y agoGood companies want you to be able to code well. They don't care if you know the framework or even the language.
- aikah 12y ago> Good companies Good companies want both good coders AND coders with experience in the language or the plateform they use.
- pacala 12y agoNot so good companies have a mess of broken systems. You end up spending more time reverse engineering random bugs in the systems than actually doing any forward progress. Knowing the bugs of a specific framework thus becomes a precious skill.
- curiously 12y ago>They don't care if you know the framework or even the language. Good luck telling that to a recruiter. "Oh looks like you don't have 5 years of experience on a super esoteric framework released last year. Great we'll talk soon."
- benihana 12y agoI hear what you're saying, but there were several posts and job ads in the who's hiring thread the other day saying "we don't care if you know $technology_in_our_domain, we want quick learners who understand concepts."
- fsk 12y agoI replied to a couple of ads that said that. I didn't get a phone interview.