All I see when I look at job postings is tech stack. I am not interested in tech stacks or tools, and especially turned off by frameworks. As a senior engineer with over 15 years I provide solutions to business problems in a given platform. A software platform can generally be described in a single word: Java, Web, Rust, AWS, and so forth.
Because of that I no longer bother looking at Who Is Hiring or Work At A Startup.
From the perspective of more junior developers this must look like a game with checkboxes and scorecards. That’s exactly how third party recruiters view it. So, I completely understand use of AI boilerplate. Recruiters are the only way most of us are getting past resume submission now and they will game the hell out of your resume to get their commission.
Look, hiring is broken. It’s not clear what most employers are actually looking for if it’s not addressed in the job title. I just won employment with this big rocket company and it comes down to Java, test automation, cucumber. The interview was 30 minutes and I was selected because of my experience knowing I have never written Java. A tech stack never came up, but the requirements and expectations are clear on all sides.
In order to fix hiring employers must be willing to hire competent people to solve problems, not replaceable cogs to fill a seat. Most developers cannot communicate in writing, so make that part of a job filter that a candidate must write some essay in real time and must demonstrate some super trivial code solution (not leet code nonsense) in real time. Require they have code online somewhere if they pass all the filters. Garbage in, garbage out.
I also suggest reading about shovel vs spoon. The requirements for hiring in software are so failingly low that it resembles job placement. If you want candidates to take this seriously then don’t cast a wide net.
Because of that I no longer bother looking at Who Is Hiring or Work At A Startup.
From the perspective of more junior developers this must look like a game with checkboxes and scorecards. That’s exactly how third party recruiters view it. So, I completely understand use of AI boilerplate. Recruiters are the only way most of us are getting past resume submission now and they will game the hell out of your resume to get their commission.
Look, hiring is broken. It’s not clear what most employers are actually looking for if it’s not addressed in the job title. I just won employment with this big rocket company and it comes down to Java, test automation, cucumber. The interview was 30 minutes and I was selected because of my experience knowing I have never written Java. A tech stack never came up, but the requirements and expectations are clear on all sides.
In order to fix hiring employers must be willing to hire competent people to solve problems, not replaceable cogs to fill a seat. Most developers cannot communicate in writing, so make that part of a job filter that a candidate must write some essay in real time and must demonstrate some super trivial code solution (not leet code nonsense) in real time. Require they have code online somewhere if they pass all the filters. Garbage in, garbage out.
I also suggest reading about shovel vs spoon. The requirements for hiring in software are so failingly low that it resembles job placement. If you want candidates to take this seriously then don’t cast a wide net.