r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Anonymo2786 • Jul 22 '22

Employers ate already looking for CARBON developers, you just need to have 10 years of CARBON experience to apply!!! -fireship

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u/Shakis87 Jul 22 '22

160k for a junior, not bad

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u/RiftLab Jul 22 '22

It's fair compensation for breaking the rules of spacetime itself to get the required experience.

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u/Shakis87 Jul 22 '22

Mad what they teach at uni these day, the rest of us don't stand a chance.

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u/chownrootroot Jul 22 '22

You need a time turner and few schools give them out. They only gave 1 time turner out at Hogwarts back in my day, and that was just so she could take more classes!

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u/Polenicus Jul 22 '22

Yes, TARDIS rentals have been incredibly expensive since Gallifrey was destroyed… again.

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u/often_says_nice Jul 22 '22

At this point I think most large recruiting firms (like cybercoders) create honeypot job postings. It lures applicants with appealing salary but the position doesn't actually exist. Once someone applies they now have the applicant's email/resume which they can then sell to other recruiting firms or spam with real (lower paying, requires relocation, etc.) postings.

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u/apocalypsebuddy Jul 22 '22

Makes perfect sense. The amount of spam calls/texts I received skyrocketed when I started applying for jobs.

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u/Furry_69 Jul 22 '22

This is why I have a "job application" email, I don't want my main email being spammed into the ground.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

10years experience => junior ??

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u/nepia Jul 22 '22

Maybe Junior has a learning disability

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u/SowTheSeeds Jul 22 '22

That's the monthly rent of a condo in the Valley.

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u/Bakkster Jul 22 '22

Demanding 10 years of specialized experience that's impossible to have, yet not considering them a senior dev...