On 06/23/2015 04:49 AM, Chris wrote:
Yeah. A guy I know had a hard time finding a job with Java. HR would always demand experience with this or that build tool and stuff like this. As if you couldn't learn this in a week or less, at least enough to be able to contribute to a project. Actual programming skills never seemed to be really important. Weird.
A big part of the problem is that HR folk know precisely jack shit about the fields they're hiring for, and they're never expected to.
My favorite word-for-word quote from a real-life headhunter I once met (and never spoke to again):
"I don't know anything about programming, but I'm good at identifying people who are."
That, right there, sums up EVERYTHING.
