The Senior Developer's Job Hunt vs. Corporate Hiring Hoops

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A four-panel meme using the 'Nordic Chad vs. Crying Wojak' format to critique convoluted tech hiring processes. In the first panel, a calm, bearded 'Chad' developer states, 'IM LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB'. A smug Wojak character, representing a recruiter or company, replies, 'SURE. JUST NEED YOU TO TAKE 2 ASSESSMENTS, A TECH SCREEN, THEN WE'LL WANT 3 INTERVIEWS THEN MAYBE WE'LL CONSIDER YOU.' In the second panel, the Chad developer calmly states, 'NEVERMIND, I ACCEPTED A JOB AT ANOTHER COMPANY THAT OFFERED WHAT I WANTED AFTER 1 INTERVIEW.' This enrages the Wojak, who is now depicted as a grotesque, pink, crying figure, screaming, 'NOOOO!!!!11!!! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO PROVE YOUR WORTHINESS!'. The meme satirizes the power dynamic in a hot job market for senior talent. It highlights the frustration experienced developers feel with lengthy, multi-stage interview processes and celebrates candidates who recognize their value and opt for more efficient, respectful companies

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Some companies have a hiring process longer than their sprint cycle. It's a great way to filter for candidates who enjoy meetings that could have been an email

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Some companies have a hiring process longer than their sprint cycle. It's a great way to filter for candidates who enjoy meetings that could have been an email
Anonymous

Your seven-round interview is just a saga pattern without a compensation step - every senior dev rolls back long before you try to commit
Anonymous

The best debugging tool for a broken hiring process is having another offer letter - it immediately fixes all those 'mandatory' assessment requirements and suddenly makes you a 'culture fit' without the seventh round panel interview
Anonymous

Senior engineers in 2024 have realized they're interviewing the company just as much as being interviewed - and companies with 5-round processes are failing the technical screen on 'respects developer time' and showing O(n²) complexity in their hiring pipeline
Anonymous

20 YOE scaling petabyte clusters, yet recruiters demand LeetCode marathons to 'prove basics' - peak tech absurdity
Anonymous

Design your hiring pipeline like a distributed system - too many synchronous stages without a fast-path create backpressure, so seniors time out and commit to a lower-latency employer
Anonymous

If your hiring pipeline has more hops than our service mesh, don’t be surprised when senior candidates trigger a circuit breaker and fail over to the company with a single, low-latency interview
Deleted Account 4y

Жыза, буквально на прошлой неделе было
1. @sylfn 4y
  
  please use english in this chat
2. @RiedleroD 4y
  
  please speak english in here
3. @phpzapecanus 4y
  
  So do i
4. @IlyaOnTheInternet 4y
  
  Please spikingkish
5. @zuluuus 4y
  
  Zhiza, bukvalno Na proshloy nedele bylo
  
  @MLXProjects 4y
  
  English please, my native language is spanish but I respect the rules...
  
  @paul_thunder 4y
  
  True story, i had literally the same a week ago
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Isn't that such a cuckoldish thing to do?
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  only Russian could say such things, learn some respect for others, lol
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  I'am Ukranian
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  shame on you then
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  The more languages you know, the more human you are. Using international languages such as Russian and English destroy importance of learning new languages. That is even killing cultures btw.
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  russian -> international language XD no one should learn another language because a smartass like you wants to speak it. Moderators work with English, which is 20 times better known than Russian. Take it or leave it. You can call your disrespectful attitude humanity, if you want. It's ridiculous tho
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Aren't you notice that I'm do not break the rules?
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  Aren't you notice that I didn't accuse you in it?
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  So why you say something like "take it or leave it"?
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  so you want to be "cuckoldish", in your terms? Obviously that you made a critical note about the rules, taking your words back?
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Yes, I'm
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  👍
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  The first one
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  The right decision is to leave and start my channel with my own rules. But until I do it, I'm a cuckold
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Btw I think that Russian is bad. couse of international nature
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  this is nonsensical, it helps no one that we have so many languages around the world. we need a perfect, engineered language that everyone can speak.
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Our language is our culture. The personality is formed from it. Without it, humanity will lose more diversity and human development will decline.
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  i do not understand this way of thinking. humans are humans because they look a certain way, and have powerful minds.
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Do you understand culture and upbringing role in the formation of a person?
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  this does not mean we should use broken languages
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Language is not a communication tool, but an part of personality
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  what lmao
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Now I understand why it's difficult for you
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  Wat XD
  
  @sylfn 4y
  
  language should be a communication tool
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  But it's not
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  then what the hell is it then? do you seriously thing we just have language as some sort of cultural artifact, some bizarre art form?
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  Paying to much attention to things that does not matter may show that person don't have anything valuable to be proud of. Like a poor nation may be proud of the rich past. Its pathetic
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  > Austrian me > 👀
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Btw we already have one. It's called Esperanto.
  
  @freeapp2014 4y
  
  isnt is a bit too basic
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  idk
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  Esperanto is just pig Latin afaik
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  You have furry on profile picture and pronouns in bio, so your opinion is bullshit by default
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  at least i'm not a libertarian eww
  
  @freeapp2014 4y
  
  does this rule apply for furries too now
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  agreed
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  We do not need engineered language, because each language formed by culture and environment, in which people had been existing so far
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  ok why
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  So what do you think, ideas are determined by language they are expressed, or language is determined by ideas, which speakers express?
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  Both is wrong, obviously. Corrupted logic.
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  Elaborate pls
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  > learn some respect for others, lol > ONLY RUSSIAN COULD SAY SUCH THINGS
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  Yes, correct, russians commonly disrespectful and think that they above rules
  
  @newmankrr 4y
  
  He's right tho, most of the time who complains about this topic are slavs. I don't think I've seen spanish, italians, portugueses, etc complaining about it.
6. @QutePoet 4y
  
  Translation: lifeline, had such situation literally a week ago.
  
  @biskwiq 4y
  
  it's not lifeline :D a correct translation would be 'relatable'
@Magilarp 4y

Wage slavery: >:( Wage slavery, cool company: :D
1. Deleted Account 4y
  
  big wage slavery with stock options in FAANG MANGA: 😃
@nahuelq 4y

true story, and It's sometimes depends on your experience and projects that you have had worked
@sashakity 4y

yeah. DEFINITELY not english. it's one of the worst languages in existence.
@sylfn 4y

every natural language has disadvantages, every constructed language is either bad or abandoned
@AlihatorU 4y

You guys just never thought of what makes you you. Try to think about what would happen if you were born in a different environment
1. @RiedleroD 4y
  
  what does make me me? hmm… my experiences and resulting capabilities. Language is less than 1% of my personality.
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  and also genetics obv
  
  @freeapp2014 4y
  
  well what he means probable is "imagine if austria was talking in some korean instead of german" but honestly i doubt that would cause all that much difference to one person
  
  @freeapp2014 4y
  
  it will affect the nation as a whole, sure
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  aye, I think you're right
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  i thonk it would
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  If Austria was talking Korean it would be different
  
  @qwnick 4y
  
  So what?
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  yes, but I'd most likely still be a skinny-ass computer nerd with musical talent
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  why do you think so?
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  i hypothesize that things like language do not impact personality, but rather customs, traditions, and values affect it.
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  but the thing is, it doesn't matter whether language affects personality or not. so many other things do.
  
  @freeapp2014 4y
  
  +
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  So, i don't want to argue about this, but from conjecture immediately follows, that using one language will destroy all cultures
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  wh... what? how did you even come to that conclusion? many countries such as america, britain, and australia have significantly different cultures.
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  But we have examples like Belarus too
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  Belarus was a part of Russia, like Ukraine
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  They still had their own culture after the collapse of the USSR. But now it is gone. The only difference from Ukraine that Russian is the state language
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  so you ignore other factors that could have contributed to that and immediately point to language?
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  No, just the language was the main thing in my opinion
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  Ukraine tries to kill Russian in official language completely
  
  @sylfn 4y
  
  * everywhere
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  well, in just a conversation you still can use it normally, probably, and you won't be scared because of the laws
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  It is the way to save the state language
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  and to kill language half of the country speaks in
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Russian culture and language are safe in Russia. But if Ukraine ignores it, the Belarusian situation will repeat.
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  well, if people choose to speak russian maybe it's better?
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  counter-argument: windows is the most widely used OS
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  trust me, for your mum it's better, than linux
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  fair point
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  The Russian language literally kills. So no
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  lol
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  I have already said that I was born in the east of Ukraine. I think you understand
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  ok, were you killed by a language?
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  I was lucky and I just suffered economically. Only two people died in my town. But in Mariupol, many were killed. And not to mention how many refugees I saw in my town.
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  not by language же
  
  @sylfn 4y
  
  people kill people, not language
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  so, we all need to speak Russian
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  heard of bilingualism?
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  As you see in my bad English, yes, I know
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  then stop speaking english immediately, stop destroying your culture! /s
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  Хорошо /s
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  (ok)
  
  @sylfn 4y
  
  translation: horror show /s
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  that means that you have two pre-installed bases of you
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  because my skinniness results from genetics, my nerdery results from bullying caused by social weakness, caused by genetics, and the musical talent resulted from various factors, but also largely through non-cultural factors
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  >social weakness >caused by genetics
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  yes, I inherited that from my dad who got it from his dad
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  why do you think that it is caused by genetics, even if your dad has the same issue?
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  the brain. Heard of it? It's caused by genetic code saying that it should be there. It's very complex, but what's understood is that much of the mental capabilities of a person is controlled by genetics, although training can help remove weaknesses.
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  Why do you think, that all of human chararacteristic and stats are determined by genetic code
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  most of them, aye. Science says so.
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  "Science says so". What science and why should I trust it, if I can't verify it myself?
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  mate, if your state had proper education, you'd know, but as it seems, you're fine with Dr. google, so just look it up there
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  "If your state had proper education", lmao
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  again those state lovers
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  can't love a state that's shit, I get it. But austrias gov is pretty neat most of the time.
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  because you do not have the capability to verify all that science says. that's why there are a lot of scientists, so they can peer review eachothers work.
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  But usually you do not check is it reviewed or not, you just barely read title
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  speak for yourself.
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  either I read the whole damn thing or I don't pretend I know about the subject
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  So you have read all the papers saying that social weakness caused by genetics?
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  no, I read enough that I concluded that the chance it's correct is high enough to assume it is.
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  i.e you just believe in it It seems similar to fatalism
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  at some point, you need to just believe something. You can't prove everything.
  
  @sylfn 4y
  
  you can say "thats obvious"
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  this dude arguing against doing research oh boy
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  imagine believing scientists 🙃
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  i.e. people who have dedicated their entire lives to a specific field
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  Maybe I am retarded, but I could not find anything about social weakness and genetics
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  use google scholar idk lol
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  found in sources of first result on regular google search technically you could argue this only works for disorders I guess, but I don't want to spoonfeed you information just because you're too lazy to find it for yourself.
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  ^
2. @sashakity 4y
  
  language doesn't have any bearing on personality lol.
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  unless you take it up as an interest.
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  why
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  we just told you
  
  @thematdev 4y
  
  no
  
  @RiedleroD 4y
  
  yes
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  how about you say why. i believe the burden of proof is on you and oleg
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  It is
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  > it is > doesn't say why
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Because it is obvious
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  well not to me it isn't.
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  My English isn't so good to properly say what I meant. So I just give you link to researches about this topic. Everything you need is literally on the first page of Google https://scholar.google.com.ua/scholar?q=how+language+affect+personality+research&hl=uk&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  are you in the devs with memes chat?
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  I'm not
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  ahh, that explains why you sent that then.
3. @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Btw my way of thinking affected by my native languages too. If you now about eastern Ukrainians or at least Ukrainians in general you can easily guess my nationality.
  
  @Dobreposhka 4y
  
  hohols you meant?
  
  @sylfn 4y
  
  hohly
4. @qwnick 4y
  
  Because it does not matter, important is to advance and ignore things you didnt choose. I cant be proud of what I didnt accompilsh, like my native language, f.e.
  
  @AlihatorU 4y
  
  Never mentioned the word pride
  
  @sashakity 4y
  
  this exactly.

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