Ever since I became deaf and realized being good at technical algo ds > actual experience coding and building apps...

And was reminded of it recently... job hunting sucks...

Oh and one of my "friends" just landed a $200,000 job at a hedge fund... I'm pretty sure I can kick his ass at coding a real problem though...

Sorry, man. Fuck financially successful people.

@broseph What?

@billgates Ouchy 🙁 Yeah, I hear you and it's awful. I've seen many people promoted and paid far beyond their abilities, and it makes me sick every time.

@Root I was just trying to be supportive 🤣

@Root yea but it's just I can't make the same connections with recruiters and interviewers now so can't get the same opportunities and always feel I start at a huge disadvantage.

Like the interview is 30 mins and they all a technical question. They need to spend 10 minutes writing out the problem and answering any questions I have about it.

And I have a feeling a lot of times, they may be yes he's good but these guys are OK and a better fit... Because they aren't disabled.

So speaking from someone who works at a technology company that places a higher value on soft skills than technical skills there’s a few things we look for when hiring. We do care about technical skills but we believe anyone can learn technical skills and fewer people can learn soft skills. We have social fit interviews first and any candidate can wash before they even get to the technical screen. At our company it’s very important to have a solid culture and strong teams. And this is true of many companies, your soft skills are more important than your technical skills. I missed two questions on the technical screen for my job at the company but they hired me anyway because I did a good job explaining my thought process and I was willing to say that I didn’t know the answer when I didn’t know. If you think that being a successful developer is about having the best technical skills you’re in for a rough career.

@asinglenoob and so I'm screwed no matter what I do then.

And hence my point... There no way of getting around it even with anti-discrimination laws...

I just read your original post again and realized you said you were deaf apologies, I was thinking this was one of those socially backwards developers complaining posts. Communication is huge at most companies and to be frank being deaf could put you at a pretty large disadvantage in that area. Doesn’t mean it’s impossible just very difficult. Some larger companies might have resources available to help bridge the communication gap. Most startup companies and other smaller firms probably not so much. You might consider remote work opportunities where there’s less teamwork anyway and communication could be written and also working independently on projects.

@asinglenoob Yea I usually look for big companies, but it's the same problem. I've had some interviewers say we like you but your not good fit. Plus for Financials/IT, those salaries are usually highly dependent on what you make before. They just add like 10% and even then it's usually not the best so you have to jump a few times.

Also most interviews I've had are 90% can you solve a bunch of technical Algo problems. So to me it's a bit like Chicken or the Egg like you said.

Why should I invest time studying all these algorithms, if you're probably going to say I'm not a good fit anyway?

And as far as I've heard, most of topics needed for these questions will never be needed on the job anyway. And if needed, very few people will remember the specifics unless you're designing algos or writing critical code daily... like for airplanes. My dad and younger brother are also programmers, they don't need this stuff at work... and actually my dad asked me for some help on a JS project he was doing.

But yea TLDR it always feels I have a lot of unused potential but have no real opportunity to use or develop it.

I could do open-source but I haven't found (or really tried looking) for a project that I would actually want to/can use.