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Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
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Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#2The hardest "engineer" to find "nowadays" is the same as it was 10, 20, 40, 100 years ago: the one who can communicate what [s]he wants to do in a way that non-engineers can grok
And, the flipside of that: the one who can take what [s]he is given in magic, hand-waving, bafflegab statements from non-engineers and convert it into something someone else can actually use
If you can communicate to and understand from others what you want to do and what they want, you're going to get hired
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Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#3I sort of understand where this question is coming from, but as someone who's spent a fair amount of time browsing software job postings recently, the real question isn't specialization, it's seniority.
I routinely have found organizations that have, literally, dozens of open listings for "Senior Software Engineer, Sub-field", but few (if any) explicitly non-senior positions available. My very non-scientific estimate would put this ratio at well over 10:1, and probably closer to 20:1 for many of the organizations I've looked through. I actually sort of wonder if they ever take them down, or if demand for senior candidates is just so high that they're basically evergreen listings, where the organizations assume they'll always have positions available for engineers who meet those listings' criteria.
Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#4Is leetcode a type of engineer? In terms of ROI in finding a new job that’s what I recommend specializing in.
Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#5Is leetcode a type of engineer? In terms of ROI in finding a new job that’s what I recommend specializing in.
Its so sad that the field has come to this, but I completely agree.
Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#6I sort of understand where this question is coming from, but as someone who's spent a fair amount of time browsing software job postings recently, the real question isn't specialization, it's seniority . I routinely have found organizations that have, literally, dozens of open listings for "Senior Software Engineer, Sub-field", but few (if any) explicitly non-senior positions available. My very non-scientific estimat…
In my (very long) experience, companies routinely post for Sr. Engineer where they would gladly take a less experienced person they liked.
Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#7Is leetcode a type of engineer? In terms of ROI in finding a new job that’s what I recommend specializing in.
really curious about if all the people that do leet code can transfer those skills to their job. Problem solving is a good metric i suppose, but how good?
Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#8I sort of understand where this question is coming from, but as someone who's spent a fair amount of time browsing software job postings recently, the real question isn't specialization, it's seniority . I routinely have found organizations that have, literally, dozens of open listings for "Senior Software Engineer, Sub-field", but few (if any) explicitly non-senior positions available. My very non-scientific estimat…
This holds up in my recent search. I just apply to these anyway, because what they define as senior might be totally different between companies.
Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, which type of engineer is hardest to find nowadays?
#9The hardest "engineer" to find "nowadays" is the same as it was 10, 20, 40, 100 years ago: the one who can communicate what [s]he wants to do in a way that non-engineers can grok And, the flipside of that: the one who can take what [s]he is given in magic, hand-waving, bafflegab statements from non-engineers and convert it into something someone else can actually use If you can communicate to and understand from othe…
In my so far short career this has been my experience as well. Though communication is something that we really don't think about very often.
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