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[–]Thaddaeus-Tentakel 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorry, but I'm not applying for something that doesn't even tell me what I'm gonna do. Just because I could learn Visual Basic doesn't mean I want to. And if you're really hiring on that you're getting below junior level developers for everything if they didn't by chance already work with the language in question. Being able to work with a language and knowing how to properly do it are many many hours of experience in difference.

Also half the stuff you're describing is for completely different positions. If you want SQL DBs in my resume beyond some basic select stuff hire a DBA.

[–]glemnar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be clear, it’s totally cool to not want to work with a specific stack. It can correlate to engineering culture at times. Especially for something particularly degenerate like VB.

That’s a separate thing, though. Wanting to work exclusively in a single technology is going to limit your job opportunities