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by rentfree-media 1428 days ago
To be honest, learning to code was a complete waste of time.

No one in their right mind would jump through all of the hoops required by the software world's completely insane attempts to filter people out of their hiring processes, all while complaining about being short handed.

The obvious takeaway is that none of these companies are qualified to be writing code at all, because they can't manage themselves. How are they going to manage a codebase if they can't manage their office head count?

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>To be honest, learning to code was a complete waste of time.

Counterpoint: If the only reason you learned to code was to get hired, you'd be correct. Many learn it because they are fascinated by computing, and desirous of being able to make computers do things they previously could not.

On the other hand, totally with you on hiring dysfunction.