| "a tech stack they are already familiar with". Like 16-bit assembly code? PC-NFS? How to diagnose a serial cable problem with a breakout box and an oscilloscope? How to calibrate a CCD image sensor? So how are today's iOS coders going to feed their hungry children when no one remembers what an iPhone even was anymore? I quite commonly point out that I can debug anything. I'm also quite good at performance optimization as well as reverse engineering. The API, programming language, platform or what have you - the tech stack - are all orthogonal to my being one of the very best in the business at debugging. It's not like no one needs their code debugged, but they don't seem to recognize that until it's way too late. What they ask for is "How many years of Python experience do you have?" If I say "Less than one" - which is what I actually have - I don't get an offer. Were I able to claim that I had five years experience, I'd have a job. What I'd like to see, is an interview where someone handed me a buggy Python program, then asked me to fix it. While that does happen, it is quite rare. |