[mnk47]

>There's very little tech that somebody is going to hire you for knowing. It's a tool like many others.

I guess this must be true on places like SF since I see this so often on HN, but almost every single job listing I've seen strictly requires knowledge of a specific tech stack, with the exception of a few internship programs.

[kadoban]

There's tech that if it's not on your resume, you won't pass the first filter. But that's different. Knowing it will _not_ get you a job, it'll just get you past some early step.

But things like TLA+ are way different from even that. The number of programming jobs that will bin you if you don't have TLA+ on your resume has to be like, 5 in the world. Nobody is going to see it on there and be like "we _must_ hire this person!".

[Turfie]

Exactly my thoughts as well.