Because once the market goes belly up, being a generalist seems to be a death sentence.
One thing I noticed having been on the job search for about a year now, is the amount of jobs looking for a specialist, whether that be in a particular domain, or technology. Often very obscure or “obsolete” stuff.
I remember applying to a government job, and in their little checklist application, one of the questions was basically “do you have experience writing software for [hyper specific domain]”. Of course, it was the only question on there I couldn’t answer “yes” to. Low and behold I was rejected for that reason. Not sure how they’re going to fare finding someone so unique at the price they’re paying.
I’m frankly ready to leave the industry, but unfortunately, there’s not really any other good options for me at this point.
We must be looking at different levels or roles or something. Most job postings I see say something like Must have experience in “x, y, z or other modern language”. Maybe extreme specialization is more common in front end ?
I’ve seen roles like that as well, but much less than I used to. I see them more on entry level roles. I’ve never worked frontend and I’ve barely been full stack for several years now. Most of my experience is in .NET stuff, and usually C# is not the “ “x, y, or z”. Usually it’s something along the lines of “Java, Go, Python”. Not that I haven’t ever worked in those languages, but certainly not recently.
One thing I noticed having been on the job search for about a year now, is the amount of jobs looking for a specialist, whether that be in a particular domain, or technology. Often very obscure or “obsolete” stuff.
I remember applying to a government job, and in their little checklist application, one of the questions was basically “do you have experience writing software for [hyper specific domain]”. Of course, it was the only question on there I couldn’t answer “yes” to. Low and behold I was rejected for that reason. Not sure how they’re going to fare finding someone so unique at the price they’re paying.
I’m frankly ready to leave the industry, but unfortunately, there’s not really any other good options for me at this point.