What's your location ? It may be the case that the local job market's not very good at the moment.
NYC. I am hoping to find someone junior who works and wants to earn money on the side.
Ask HN: Senior devs applying for junior position?
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Re: Ask HN: Senior devs applying for junior position?
#12As others have mentioned, there's no real standard for "senior" developers in the industry. I ran into this problem back in July when I was job hunting - half the companies I looked at, I'd qualify as senior, and half of them I'd qualify as junior. Their thinking (and I know some people who've found this) might be that it's easier to get hired as a slightly-overqualified junior developer and promoted to senior within…
I guess I understand that rationale, but this was explicitly a project.
Re: Ask HN: Senior devs applying for junior position?
#131) Resumes/past experience might be BS 2) Might have personality issues 3) Might have been fired In my experience, having someone over-qualified is a bad move. However in development, isn't there always "senior"-level work to do? I'd say it's not worth following up if you're busy, as great people usually know they're great...
I guess I agree that people should know their worth and act accordingly. I am wondering if these people are undervaluing themselves or if there are other issues at work. Still, I am understanding of the curveballs that life throws you and will hire accordingly.
Re: Ask HN: Senior devs applying for junior position?
#14It might make sense for someone switching technology stacks.
Most of my experience is C/C++/PHP. Suppose I want to get a job using Python. I'm not senior, because I don't have 5+ years Python experience. I'm not really entry level either.
So how do I switch to using Python?
What happen when demand for my current experience dries up? I'd have to apply for entry level jobs in other tech stacks.
Am I really less employable than a recent grad? Is my experience really worthless? Was this a stupid career choice?
Re: Ask HN: Senior devs applying for junior position?
#15It might make sense for someone switching technology stacks. Most of my experience is C/C++/PHP. Suppose I want to get a job using Python. I'm not senior, because I don't have 5+ years Python experience. I'm not really entry level either. So how do I switch to using Python? What happen when demand for my current experience dries up? I'd have to apply for entry level jobs in other tech stacks. Am I really less employa…
A fair point. Most of my experience is C#. I would be in the same position starting on non-MS technology.
Re: Ask HN: Senior devs applying for junior position?
#16What's your location ? It may be the case that the local job market's not very good at the moment.
NYC. I am hoping to find someone junior who works and wants to earn money on the side.
From a candidate's viewpoint, the NYC job market seems really bad right now. I've been semi-looking for a couple months with no interviews.
If you had a junior candidate and a senior candidate offering to work for the same rate, would you prefer the junior candidate? Why?
Re: Ask HN: Senior devs applying for junior position?
#17It's a tough market out there