The Job
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I'd really prefer to maintain the crap Jenkins server we were using, but noooo some dipshit higher up got his cock sucked by some M$ exec so it's github actions now 'cos the cloud will save the world.
I'm not very experienced but I really love GitHub actions :). However it's probably not a portable skill, but anyway I know Docker so I can just use that if I need automated builds outside of GitHub
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Job qualifiers in listings imagine a perfect candidate who doesn't exist. Don't let that stop you from applying. They understand that you can learn new skills.
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A friend of mine was applying for a job where they required "at least 5 years knowledge with Angular version X.Y.Z" (can't remember the exact version, but they asked for all three numbers).
He said "I've got 7 years of knowledge with version X-2 to X+2".
The HR person was like "But you don't have 5 years of knowledge with version X.Y.Z, so you don't fit for the job".
The real fun part was that version X.Y.Z had only been out for two years at that time.
A person who created a thing (language or similar) pointed out that a job listing wanted more experience than time that the thing had existed.
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So fucking true. I've was in an interview, 2nd round, where the recruiter joined the call mid coding exercise to explain that a different recruiter had just given the position to someone else without waiting for feedback on anyone else and therefore they had to stop all in process interviews. She was pissed and apologized. The guy giving the interview just gave me this look like "they do this shit all the time" and ended the call.
In a company I used to worked in, they hired a new guy for our team. Contract was signed, he resigned from his last position. New budget comes in a week before he was supposed to start, and his position was cut.
He was basically let go before he started working for us.
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Curious, what level are you and what specialty?
I have a degree and 15 years experience in web development. The last 6 have seen me move up a bit to doing more full stack and team lead things. I specialize in front-end UI/UX and API middleware.
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In a company I used to worked in, they hired a new guy for our team. Contract was signed, he resigned from his last position. New budget comes in a week before he was supposed to start, and his position was cut.
He was basically let go before he started working for us.
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A person who created a thing (language or similar) pointed out that a job listing wanted more experience than time that the thing had existed.
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Tech recruiters really can be this dumb. I've been on both ends several times.
I remember hiring for a test dev, writing the description for the recruiter, I included all the things I'd like to see. Python, test automation experience, open source contributions etc (this was for a public facing repo).
I get back a question a day later asking if they need Java or not. That felt really out of place so I walked over and had a conversation. Turns out they were filtering out anyone who had more than requested. Python AND Java experience? No thank you.
On the upside once we ironed that out I ended up hiring two people I've been friends with for a decade+. Sometimes the recruiters just need help.
Now the other side of things...I've definitely had recruiters screw up and lose very good candidates, but it was always for stupid shit like they forgot to send the offer letter for a week or they accidentally put them in the "no" pile.
Heh, this one time we got a recruiter ping our team out of the blue saying they had a candidate. No one knew what the hell the position was for. Turns out the recruiters had forgot about a bunch of openings we had closed like a year before, they just never took down the postings. We asked him how he found the job, and the candidate said he manual went through the thousands of open positions until he found one that fit him. He hired him after the first round and he turned out to be awesome.
Tech recruiters are the worst, almost nobody actually understands technology so they just pick based on the fanciest education and whatnot because they don't understand how to judge experience
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I have a degree and 15 years experience in web development. The last 6 have seen me move up a bit to doing more full stack and team lead things. I specialize in front-end UI/UX and API middleware.
Yea that's surprising. I've been approached by about 3 companies a week but haven't followed up so much so maybe it's just more bullshit listings out there. Hope you find something!
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This describes how most people have it deployed, yes.
It gets real fun when you have custom Java plugins, Groovy script, BASH script, Windows runners, and Linux runners, all in play at the same time. Much of which is held together with hopes, dreams, and unicorn farts, willed into existence by wizards that haven't worked there in over seven years. If upper management could even comprehend the level of deferred maintenance and haphazard software hackery that birthed this electronic Gordian knot, this unholy union of decrepit software and company policy, they wouldn't sleep. Ever.
Lol I enjoyed this
