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@D-4got10-01 Yup 100% I miss the quirky people
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@whimsical You have to do 1 programming test in VIM ;P
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@D-4got10-01 Well, in college we learn soft skills, so that shouldn't be a problem these days.
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@CaptainRant Soft skills are a lie. At least as far as I'm concerned. I'll take any one who speaks plain truth over the 'polite' backstabbers every time.
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@D-4got10-01 I think the best in regards to interaction with people is a polite plain truth speaker. Sometimes we want to tell the truth, but we deliver it in the wrong way and so the other party may not like it, so we have structures and ways to mitigate that.
An example of this is the nominative tense: (person parked their car too long in the mall). Admin: "The car XYZ-ABC in spot 1A should be moved", not "Hey, owner of XYZ-ABC, you have to move your car" (because this will sound rude; people get offended when you use the personal pronoun to address them because it makes them feel guilty; all psychology). -
@CaptainRant This was even in school back in my day :/ but mostly about how to speak to people of different importance. But there is a whole school of more toxic "soft skills" stuff, which means "act like a robot, we don't want to think of you as an individual"
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@BordedDev I probably went through that since I minored in Communications at a modern college. In fact, it was core part of English 201; know your audience, and 'contemporary' vs. 'refined' vs. 'popular' English, writing articles for various audiences, copywriting, etc. I understand what you mean by it; it's a whole bunch of deceit.
I'm starting to wonder if the modern job market has changed in such a way that they now require you to have Senior skills if you apply for a Senior position - the old 'apply anyway' does not seem to hold true anymore. This is the experience I have been getting from my latest interviews. If they ask for someone who's a guru in C#... well then, you better be the greatest living legend in it, and no less will do, neither any amount of sales talk.
It's just that; they're asking for real skill nowadays, obviously because the job market is going downwards again and companies are taking no risks... the effect is: either you're really good or we're not hiring you. That must also explain the lack of junior positions... I used to see much more of those around. Now it's all spammed with Senior in the title.
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