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Job Hunting Sucks. This Programmer Filled Out 250 Applications to Find Out Why (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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Job Hunting Sucks. This Programmer Filled Out 250 Applications to Find Out Why::Shikhar Sachdev wanted to reveal what made the process so draining—so he spent 11 hours filling applications. Now he has tips for both job seekers and hiring managers.

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[–] QuandaleDingle 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can't even be a programmer any more. Gotta be some kinda full-stack gigaengineer just to be looked at.

[–] Fades 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Part of the reason I’m glad I pushed myself to get a masters degree (graduated with both a bs and ms in 5 years) was that it truly feels like my resume floats up on the stack of resumes in part because of the degree.

These days my previous positions have more say in that sort of thing as I’m a decade into the industry but getting started it was a real boon. Still didn’t have quick and easy job searches tho

You have to really put effort in standing out in multiple ways