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You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
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Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#52I wonder about the other way around. I've been writing Swift since it was introduced, but since I only do iOS apps as a hobby in my spare time, I don't have 6 months experience with it yet, really only about 4 weeks.
Makes one think what constitutes a year of experience really requires.
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pay a fraction of a citizen or permanent resident's salary to a quasi-indentured servant, in that if you fire them it's iffy if they can find another H-1B gig before they have to leave the country. In the one case I observed first hand while at Lucent in 2001, an arguably more qualified and very smart Jamaican doing the same job as me was paid $48K (H-1B salaries have to be posted) while I was making $80K. He knew he…
It is difficult to find a replacement job in 30 days if fired. Its not hard to quietly look for a better job while on an h1b. And once company A already sponsored the visa, finding company B to extend it is pretty easy. Its very far from indentured servitude unless you come to the states and refuse to speak to anyone outside your community.
And/Or your only "talent" is developing CRUD Java applications
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#54I recall in January 1995 I subscribed to the Hotwire newsletter, and in their next issue they announced that they were hiring. The job demanded that you have at least 2 years experience with HTML (and have a homepage that you could point to, so they could see your work). I've always wondered, how many people had 2 years experience with HTML in January of 1995? The initial release of Mosaic was in January of 1993, so basically they were asking for someone on that team (I exaggerate only slightly; the number of people who were into HTML before 1993 was vanishingly small). I applied but I was not hired. I have always wondered if they got someone with 2 years experience, or if they settled for someone else.
Sometimes the requirement list on some jobs seems a bit far fetched.
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#55Since there was no indication on the job ad that the position actually required 10 years of Rails experience, I'm going out on a limb and say that they just didn't want you/the author. From this brief article it seems that the author has a inflated ego, I mean I could never mess with an interviewer like that just because I know that people make mistakes. I think that this particular company didn't do anything wrong a…
Immature OP gets rejected for job by the front-line gatekeeper... builds a castle of vengeful pith.
When you get to the technical interview, with the more senior engineer, you can pull out your bike-shedding hipsterism.
Hope you find a kindred spirit OP, because your present persona isn't getting you very far.
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes didn't get this part either. It's perfectly possible the interviewer asked the interviewee to explain the difference between Responsive Design (the concept) and Twitter Bootstrap (the framework that implements it).
Not to mention that Bootstrap hasn't been called 'Twitter Bootstrap' for almost two years now...
OP is likely wonderful at parties. He's great when you need someone to randomly shame people without really having much to go on.
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pay a fraction of a citizen or permanent resident's salary to a quasi-indentured servant, in that if you fire them it's iffy if they can find another H-1B gig before they have to leave the country. In the one case I observed first hand while at Lucent in 2001, an arguably more qualified and very smart Jamaican doing the same job as me was paid $48K (H-1B salaries have to be posted) while I was making $80K. He knew he…
It is difficult to find a replacement job in 30 days if fired. Its not hard to quietly look for a better job while on an h1b. And once company A already sponsored the visa, finding company B to extend it is pretty easy. Its very far from indentured servitude unless you come to the states and refuse to speak to anyone outside your community.
You forgot to mention that the aim of H1B workers is to get a green card, and that for the EB1/EB2-NIV track, where the applicant files himself, a PhD degree is a near requirement. In the majority of cases it's the company that files for green card; if you change employer the process starts again all over. And there is a maximum of 5 years on H1B. It's not nearly as easy as you say.
The environment is structured so that raises come with a change in employment, which explains the aim of the H1B program. It is to create a climate in which employees are reluctant to change employers to put an overall cap on salary growth.
The issue has come up multiple times here on this very board. Do you not know better, or do you intentionally speak the thing that is not?
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#58"there was also some confusion as to Bootstrap. According to the project manager Bootstrap is also responsive. (No kidding?) I said that’s great because I use Twitter Bootstrap and that is responsive as well. (I was playing games at that point) Then I was told they where not the same? I don’t know if that was the breaking point, but it was amusing." ^ This whole thing makes 0 sense to me. I can't tell who is wrong wi…
Yes didn't get this part either. It's perfectly possible the interviewer asked the interviewee to explain the difference between Responsive Design (the concept) and Twitter Bootstrap (the framework that implements it).
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Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#59Translation: "We've decided to move on with candidates who don't make us feel like idiots.. Peter Principle at its finest.
Alternatively, it could be, "The answer is 'No.' Let me randomly tell something so you'll go fuck off while we get things done. If we wanted you, we'd call you back."
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#60"there was also some confusion as to Bootstrap. According to the project manager Bootstrap is also responsive. (No kidding?) I said that’s great because I use Twitter Bootstrap and that is responsive as well. (I was playing games at that point) Then I was told they where not the same? I don’t know if that was the breaking point, but it was amusing." ^ This whole thing makes 0 sense to me. I can't tell who is wrong wi…
For awhile I thought he was maybe ESL, but now I'm leaning towards legitimately a moron.