I'm almost afraid to ask which two sentences came from real job descriptions..
My guess:
> "Equity: 0.1% - 2% for the ‘right person’."
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#22I'm almost afraid to ask which two sentences came from real job descriptions..
I'm betting on:
> We’ll have a large variety of alcohol in the office as well as an assortment of video games for the perfect frat environment
I recall a (short-lived?) trend a year or two ago of startups offering free beer as a perk, and generally trying to describe themselves like a frathouse.
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#23Forgot around 30s :D
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#24I'm almost afraid to ask which two sentences came from real job descriptions..
I'm guessing this is one of them: > Yes you’ll get all the usual benefits, but if you’re really going for perks, Google is your best bet! If you want to make an impact, then please apply.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
> given that the job market is very much on the side of programmers I think this is seriously oversold. Outside of the Valley, or outside of certain skillsets, the market is not on the side of programmers.
This. I got laid off a few months ago. All in all, I was unemployed for about three months before landing a new position. Whenever I checked Indeed or Monster, I saw lots of positions that required extensive J2EE or .NET skills, plus a bunch of webdev and a handful of mobile jobs. None of those I have. I have lots of Java experience, sure, but it's all core Java and thoroughly divorced from the web. I was passed up f…
Yeah. Two aspects of that:
- there's a shit ton of programmers on the market now, with universities producing more and more like sausage factories
- the job market is getting super-specialized - once they'd ask for JavaScript programmers, now they ask exclusively for "Angular experience" or "React experience" or "$random_two_weeks_old_framework experience"; whether demanding such specific skillsets buy companies anything over asking for just a $language programmer is arguable
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
My guess was the Google line and "Plan on working ~100+ hours a week during sprints. If that scares you, don’t apply." The 100 hours is a little extreme, but I've seen things similar to "If that scares you, don’t apply." in descriptions before.
Sad but true : http://www.indeed.com/job/javascript-nodejs-socketio-ninja-9... https://www.codeeval.com/company/EmailCherry/
Both from the same company? Wow.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
> given that the job market is very much on the side of programmers I think this is seriously oversold. Outside of the Valley, or outside of certain skillsets, the market is not on the side of programmers.
This. I got laid off a few months ago. All in all, I was unemployed for about three months before landing a new position. Whenever I checked Indeed or Monster, I saw lots of positions that required extensive J2EE or .NET skills, plus a bunch of webdev and a handful of mobile jobs. None of those I have. I have lots of Java experience, sure, but it's all core Java and thoroughly divorced from the web. I was passed up f…
And what about Red Hat? They do search Java, Python and Linux people all the time, and even Remote
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#28I'm betting "Yes you’ll get all the usual benefits, but if you’re really going for perks, Google is your best bet! If you want to make an impact, then please apply." and "We’ll have a large variety of alcohol in the office as well as an assortment of video games for the perfect frat environment" are the two sentences from real job descriptions
Does the idea of beer and video games in the office really bother anyone? Sounds great to me...
wouldn't you rather do that at home? or outside the office, at least? but since you're working 60 or more hours a week, I guess in the office is the only opportunity...
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#29I'm betting "Yes you’ll get all the usual benefits, but if you’re really going for perks, Google is your best bet! If you want to make an impact, then please apply." and "We’ll have a large variety of alcohol in the office as well as an assortment of video games for the perfect frat environment" are the two sentences from real job descriptions
Does the idea of beer and video games in the office really bother anyone? Sounds great to me...
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#30Job Ad Title: Warp Engineer with at least 5years hands-on needed You should have a solid knowledge of operating Planck length structures. N-Dimensional and Indeterministic Modelling are mandatory. Apply fast, ship will leave earth within the next 2 weeks.
I have 5 year of OS/2 Warp experience. Does that count?