[bruxis]

Just a bit of feedback: The first job I saw on the page proclaimed "48 tech stacks" which immediately horrified me. That is, until I clicked on it and realized it's 48 different pieces of tech used at the company; including Microsoft Excel, GitHub, Git (listed separately), Zoom, among others.

I feel like there's probably a simpler and less intimidating way to organize and represent this up-front.

[nmfisher]

Is this the corporate equivalent of putting "Skills: Microsoft Word" on your CV?

[asdff]

Almost as bad as saying you are proficient in python and then naming all the packages you've used. If you were truly proficient, its implicit you know how to use some popular packages already and can trivially speed up to another one based on the python package paradigms you already understand.

[AbiTyasTunggal]

Yep, I agree - we might not even need to include the count - it's not super useful information. Appreciate the feedback! We'll take it on!

[scoot]

Meanwhile it might be better to use "technologies", rather than "tech stacks". git or React aren't tech stacks.

[ianai]

Is a simple difference in one term or the other that useful?

The simple list of programs or utilities used is actually very descriptive. The world of software is vast. Not everyone uses the same tools the same way. But if you see mostly Microsoft products you probably have a good idea of the type of organization it is versus a mix of FOSS/almost no Microsoft products.

Kind of encapsulates which industry the company works within, whether they’ve got a newer tech stack or lots of legacy, etc.

[AbiTyasTunggal]

Yep and we’re trying to cater to not just software engineering tools. Marketers tend to use a lot of different SaaS products and it’s useful to know if you’re a marketer looking for a new job.

[ethbr0]

Do they ever. And seem willing to adopt whatever might help, without thought to the long term integration consequences. The disaggregation of Salesforce is vast.

[ianai]

That’s an original sin. I worked for what was essentially a marketing firm with a set of large assets to mock up and sell aka a casino. They had stuff going back to 2000/2001 into 2018 still in production. Really the uniting characteristic was somebody was able to sell something with whatever piece of software.

[scoot]

Then it seems like we agree. Multiple disparate technologies aren't collectively a "tech stack", nor are they on their own.

[giantg2]

"The first job I saw on the page proclaimed "48 tech stacks" which immediately horrified me."

Isn't that what all the kids want these days?

[testplzignore]

48 completely different tech stacks sounds reasonable for a large enterprise :)

[hereforphone]

Imagine listing Excel as part of your tech stack

[pottertheotter]

At first I agreed. But then I realized I work in finance and it’d be nice to know they use Excel instead of Sheets. I can’t stand Sheets for any serious work.

[AbiTyasTunggal]

Yep, we're trying to cater for the tools that are used by different teams, not just SE, but couldn't think of a better term than tech stack :)