FWIW, about 53% of all job postings are pro-forma ones, where they have practically already hired someone, but they need to pay lip service to whatever hiring codes and regulations might apply.
Yes, I totally made up that 53% figure, but I don't think it's far off. After all, I got my first programming job through a hiring procedure that went exactly like this - there was one other candidate, who was clearly not qualified for the job, and openly admitted that he wasn't seriously interested in the first place.
It could also be that the employers requirements aren't just about code, for all we know this guy could come across as an asshat in interviews and that's why they are failing.
i will never understand the law was structured in a way that obviously compels ghost job posting. just change the law to match reality. also, why the fuck am i never hired from within, only ever fired
The law is structured to actually try and protect you. It just fails, as per usual. If you wanted it to match reality, your chances to get hired would drop to absolute zero.
You see, in reality, the management sees numbers and costs. They want the most workers for the lowest cost. They could hire you for a normal living wage, or they could hire three Indians for the same cost ...or a dozen Chinese people working remote. The law is trying to prevent them from doing that. And they are doing their darnest to comply with its letter only, in defiance of its spirit.
They also want to shed of any responsibility, so they feign ignorance that those people come with fake certificates and fake degrees from fake universities, when you studied your ass off on a real one.
I work on one a few of their cutting edge platforms that doesn't have many users. I've written a fair amount of code and/or answered questions on some of those platforms. And I've reported multiple bugs on those platforms to their dev teams. So they know who I am. They're happy for me to be their free bug reporter. And they love all the free content I write. But whenever a job on this platform comes up? I've been rejected every time.
So I've since stopped reporting the bugs I've found, stopped writing content, and mostly stopped using their product. Although I do keep up with their developments.
You're misdiagnosing. It's reddit. They've probably applied a billion times. The issue is they're probably shitting the bed on the interview due to having redditor social skills and ego.
"On weekends, they maintain a small open-source project as a hobby. They do that because their work doesn't use their skills fully."
That felt like a really weird statement. Some people like side projects. Is this a shot at the employer for not exploiting "Kris" or a shot at "Kris" for working in too easy a role?
I would've said the same thing before my last job.
I have open source stuff that I had been neglecting because of work. one day, I started working on them again. I realized that the reason was because the code base at work was so bad, and the other developers so low level, that I had to dumb down everything I did to get it to pass code review. at one point, I was told not to pull duplicate code out into a function because "the code is easier to follow with things duplicated."
my brain decided I needed to work on the open source stuff in my spare time mainly to not forget what good coding practices are.
after a year and a half, I finally left the company. it took a couple months to get back to the level of coding I was at before I started that job.
Sometimes it is like that, at work i almost relax doing a corporate web app, meanwhile at home i do rust and fpga stuff, its really sometimes like that you have extra “mana” to spend
safety-4th@reddit
i publish cve patches
i publish SAST tools
i publish SCA tools
i publish crosscompiler toolchain suites
i publish build systems
i publish tutorials
not one employer will so much as look at me
PerkyPangolin@reddit
I was rejected for a role where the main req was a project I'm a member of 😅
fagnerbrack@reddit (OP)
My lib was removed from the company package.json as soon as they realised I was the author (inversed effect)
PerkyPangolin@reddit
Why though? Afraid of some sabotage?
fagnerbrack@reddit (OP)
I guess so? I didn't ask
safety-4th@reddit
rejected from microsoft
i am the reason that f#'s compiler and interpreter finally agree on indentation policy
they have a "neurodivergent program"
they wont speak to me
tdammers@reddit
FWIW, about 53% of all job postings are pro-forma ones, where they have practically already hired someone, but they need to pay lip service to whatever hiring codes and regulations might apply.
Yes, I totally made up that 53% figure, but I don't think it's far off. After all, I got my first programming job through a hiring procedure that went exactly like this - there was one other candidate, who was clearly not qualified for the job, and openly admitted that he wasn't seriously interested in the first place.
Plank_With_A_Nail_In@reddit
It could also be that the employers requirements aren't just about code, for all we know this guy could come across as an asshat in interviews and that's why they are failing.
safety-4th@reddit
i will never understand the law was structured in a way that obviously compels ghost job posting. just change the law to match reality. also, why the fuck am i never hired from within, only ever fired
Tringi@reddit
The law is structured to actually try and protect you. It just fails, as per usual. If you wanted it to match reality, your chances to get hired would drop to absolute zero.
You see, in reality, the management sees numbers and costs. They want the most workers for the lowest cost. They could hire you for a normal living wage, or they could hire three Indians for the same cost ...or a dozen Chinese people working remote. The law is trying to prevent them from doing that. And they are doing their darnest to comply with its letter only, in defiance of its spirit.
They also want to shed of any responsibility, so they feign ignorance that those people come with fake certificates and fake degrees from fake universities, when you studied your ass off on a real one.
menge101@reddit
I suspect it's worse.
jpfed@reddit
Hey, just want to say thanks for working on F# tooling. It’s a wonderful language and people like you make it even better to use.
safety-4th@reddit
also patched dozens of npm and go libraries
and fixed hashicorp bugs
for nothing
BogdanPradatu@reddit
Hey, I appreciate you, man.
ineffablol@reddit
I work on one a few of their cutting edge platforms that doesn't have many users. I've written a fair amount of code and/or answered questions on some of those platforms. And I've reported multiple bugs on those platforms to their dev teams. So they know who I am. They're happy for me to be their free bug reporter. And they love all the free content I write. But whenever a job on this platform comes up? I've been rejected every time.
So I've since stopped reporting the bugs I've found, stopped writing content, and mostly stopped using their product. Although I do keep up with their developments.
pakoito@reddit
GOATed tbh
LeeHide@reddit
how many jobs have you applied to? how many companies?
safety-4th@reddit
thousands, over years
yes, let's continue to blame the applicant every single time
Plank_With_A_Nail_In@reddit
I have applied for like 6 jobs my entire life and got 5 of those 6 jobs. Are you actually putting real effort into these applications?
xicer@reddit
You're misdiagnosing. It's reddit. They've probably applied a billion times. The issue is they're probably shitting the bed on the interview due to having redditor social skills and ego.
upon-taken@reddit
Ooof, linux zealots are not gonna like it
PerkyPangolin@reddit
I feel like I get and share the sentiment, but I can't seem to get where the author (you?) was going with this. So we're in this situation, now what?
_disengage_@reddit
Pay quality developers good salaries to do necessary work. But that is too much $$$ so slop it is.
wrosecrans@reddit
Not everything is a LinkedIn style tidy "here's my solution" pitch. Some blog posts are just sharing honest thoughts about the state of things.
cosmic-parsley@reddit
I think that’s the point!
drimgere@reddit
"On weekends, they maintain a small open-source project as a hobby. They do that because their work doesn't use their skills fully."
That felt like a really weird statement. Some people like side projects. Is this a shot at the employer for not exploiting "Kris" or a shot at "Kris" for working in too easy a role?
yel50@reddit
I would've said the same thing before my last job.
I have open source stuff that I had been neglecting because of work. one day, I started working on them again. I realized that the reason was because the code base at work was so bad, and the other developers so low level, that I had to dumb down everything I did to get it to pass code review. at one point, I was told not to pull duplicate code out into a function because "the code is easier to follow with things duplicated."
my brain decided I needed to work on the open source stuff in my spare time mainly to not forget what good coding practices are.
after a year and a half, I finally left the company. it took a couple months to get back to the level of coding I was at before I started that job.
Kalium@reddit
It's neither. It's an explanation for why Kris does this and a hint that Kris might stop without warning.
afl_ext@reddit
Sometimes it is like that, at work i almost relax doing a corporate web app, meanwhile at home i do rust and fpga stuff, its really sometimes like that you have extra “mana” to spend
_disengage_@reddit
You are not safe
granadesnhorseshoes@reddit
The solution is obvious: "AI, make me a curl clone that isn't opensource."
TheWorldIsQuiteHere@reddit
Seeing lots of open source hate posts here lately. Weird.
cosmic-parsley@reddit
That was a really well written blog
BlueGoliath@reddit
Jia Tan?!?!?!?