Rankings of required skills in software development job listings • Hacker News Board

itamarst wrote: post #9

In general I would suggest not putting too much emphasis on these sorts of lists, especially once you're an experienced programmer. Yes, over time new technologies become more useful, but there's a whole bunch of core skills that will last you far longer than web-framework of the week: 1. General problem solving skills. A lead developer needs a whole bunch of skills that aren't listed anywhere on that list. 2. More s…

While I agree with you, just look at jobs ads. They match the list a lot more than your description of a problem solver.

Re: Rankings of required skills in software development job listings

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Post by justusw » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 1:09 PM UTC

I'm surprised to see no mention of SQL Server as a required skill. Surely, there must be at least one job posting that requires knowledge of some sort of an MS/.net stack?

Re: Rankings of required skills in software development job listings

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Post by lukeHeuer » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 1:09 PM UTC

aforty wrote: post #14

I'm supposed to respect and acknowledge future tech trends from someone that couldn't be bothered to have a mobile friendly site in the year 2017?

For what it's worth, the site aside from the trends page is mobile friendly. The trends pages are something I thought would be cool to throw together with the data I have on the topic and admittedly haven't spent enough time trying to make sure it works everywhere.

edit: should be fixed now

Re: Rankings of required skills in software development job listings

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Post by jorgeleo » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 1:12 PM UTC

One of the things I find missing from this list of soft skills. These lists are all concentrated in the technical skills, but the professional value gets realized through the soft skills.