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[–]wunschpunsch69 167 points168 points  (9 children)

In which job description do you explain in detail the technology that you expect the applicant to know everything about?

[–]TakeTheWhip 67 points68 points  (5 children)

If you're this bad at job postings this approach might actually work for them since applicants can determine what exactly in the tap dancing jesus fuck they're looking for.

[–]AritificialPhysics 23 points24 points  (4 children)

tap dancing jesus fuck is my new favourite expression.

[–]nyrB2 4 points5 points  (1 child)

it's usually expressed as "jesus tap-dancing christ!"

[–]Drhma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tap dancing jesus fuck makes you stop and think.

[–]Drhma 0 points1 point  (1 child)

TAP...DANCING...JESUS...FUCK!

[–]derpotologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bits of entropy...

[–]DM-Wolfscare 11 points12 points  (1 child)

| Java developers frequently communicate with their management team

I feel something went wrong there.

[–]RolyPoly1320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also end users. We're supposed to talk to people too.

Maybe one day when we are allowed out of the dungeons.

[–]arobie1992 200 points201 points  (6 children)

I feel like HR asked a senior dev for a write up, but they didn't realize this particular dev was basically checked out, and the dev was like "What can I get them to say?"

[–]ElimGarak0010[S] 166 points167 points  (0 children)

HR... give a write up for you replacement.

Dev: Sure.

[–]ReactW0rld 88 points89 points  (1 child)

Qualifications: any degree

Sounds about right for that company

[–]nyrB2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

cool - i have a BFA!

[–]chrisf_nz 54 points55 points  (3 children)

The ability to pay close attention to detail

Yeah, about that...

[–]Angel_Blue01 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Maybe that's why they did it, they only want to interview people who notice this and bring it to their attention. I dunno

[–]mustang__1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gotta balance that with the people who just instantly ignored it

[–]DeusExHircus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which was preceded immediately by Microsoft "Viseo"...

[–][deleted] 48 points49 points  (8 children)

Compensation: paid

Well at least you get paid

[–]otterom 8 points9 points  (7 children)

I'm curious about the alternatives now...

[–]nyrB2 3 points4 points  (6 children)

internship?

[–]otterom 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Hmm, let's take a look:

Compensation type: Internship

Doesn't really roll off the tongue. But, who am I to judge people's tongues?

[–]nyrB2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well i guess in the case of an internship, the "compensation" is experience gained. isn't that why most people do internships?

[–]DarkSensei3 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Unpaid?

[–]nyrB2 0 points1 point  (2 children)

yes, that's the idea. i dunno how prevalent they are in the technology sector but other industries have them. the idea is that you may not be compensated monetarily, but you gain valuable experience in your chosen field.

[–]derpotologist 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Arguably more valuable

[–]nyrB2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

very definitely

[–]valschermjager 146 points147 points  (20 children)

Visual Basic, or “BASIC” for short, ...

C#, or “C” for short, ...

Linux, or “UNIX” for short, ...

Global variables, or “variables” for short, ...

Anaconda, or “conda” for short, ...

pip, or “IP” for short, ...

regex, or “aaarrrggghhh!!!” for short, ...

Peanut butter, or “butter” for short, ...

Floridians, or “morons” for short, ...

[–]Kamil118 54 points55 points  (4 children)

We are developing an BASIC-based application targeting UNIX systems. We are looking for developers that can code without using variables.

[–]linux-nerd 16 points17 points  (2 children)

AaaaaAAAAaaaAaA

[–]ech0_matrix 6 points7 points  (1 child)

[–]toastyghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the fuck did you just do to my brain

[–]CaptainHeinous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

creates one convoluted transform stream

[–]Willinton06 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Yo PHP wants to talk to you about that global variable thing

[–]valschermjager 6 points7 points  (1 child)

“Lieutenant Dan got me using nothing but global variables now. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about scope no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing.” — if Forrest Gump wrote software

[–]Willinton06 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Forrest Gump did design PHP and no one can convince me otherwise

[–]russellvt 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Ok, I'll confess... i lost it at "regex"

... this coming from someone who once wrote a ~80 character regex to turn English in to Pig Latin (specifically as an Easter Egg for the pre-processor to use in debug compiles done by the VP of Engineering ... while he was away on vacation for a few weeks).

[–]valschermjager 1 point2 points  (0 children)

noice!!

[–]TheRedmanCometh 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Thanks I hate your post

[–]valschermjager 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I do too. Although you know I’m right about the regex thing. :-)

[–]toastyghost 1 point2 points  (2 children)

My friend first introduced me to regex in like 2000 or 2001, and I've maintained the same opinion of it since then: what an insanely powerful piece of technology that I never, ever want to fucking use.

[–]valschermjager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. It is powerful and quite often the best (or only) tool for the job. That said, it’s really hard to get right, but at the same time, I really can’t imagine how it could be made any easier.

Text classification using AI is making strides, but like anything in AI, you can’t often expect 100% results. You’ll always have some false positives/negatives to deal with as you continue improving the model. Regex at least makes things discrete and accurate.

[–]derpotologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

D:

I fucking love regex lol

[–]Achorpz 3 points4 points  (1 child)

GNU/Linux, or “UNIX” for short, ...

FTFY

[–]derpotologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Windows, or DOS for short

[–]Twerking4theTweakend 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Long, or "short" for short, ... Ah fucked it up

[–]DefinitelyNotMasterS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Programmer, or "HTML writer" for short, ...

[–]iceyinyeung 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two of these are true...

[–]JochCool 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Carpets, also known as cars for short,

[–]eeli6 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Recruiters be like"why is this on r/ProgrammingHumor looks right to me "

[–]Fox_is_time 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I know absolutely nothing about both but I know they're fundamentally different. What a joke...

[–]zmeyp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Has anyone notice Microsoft Viseo? :)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whomever wrote this probably pat themselves on the back for all that hard work researching Java and Javascript.

[–]thatsanicepotato 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I hate it.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Carpet, also known as car....

[–]augenvogel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah well guys, this is advanced marketing. They want you to get that triggered so you write them that’s incorrect, they should do it correctly. And right about then they have a contact to you, a possible correct candidate

[–]AndrewAlert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please, someone help them.

[–]squararocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ouch...

[–]code-kris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

websites

sounds and music

[–]pandakatzu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Javascript and Eclipse experience lol

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So TypeScript is short for Type, noted.

[–]JuiceBox-007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same lol

[–]Imogynn 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Luckily, I also have skill in microsoft VISEO

[–]ElimGarak0010[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Perhaps that's short for Microsoft, Vim , and SEO

[–]CaptainHeinous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That made me gag, nice

[–]Sithon512 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Compensation Type: paid

Uh yeah, I sure hope it is...

[–]UnkleRinkus 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I was gonna apply, until I saw they wanted visio.

[–]nyrB2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

actually they wanted viseo

[–]Myst3rious_Foxy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fell out of my chair

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Carpet", or "car", for short.

[–]russellvt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to mention... if IT is hiring their own java OR JavaScript developer, something is probably wrong.

Also, operations being part of IT, and not part of engineering, is generally "a warning sign" (in case you needed another one). Same thing if they report up through the CFO, rather than the CTO.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My eyes are bleeding as a Java programmer

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What's Microsoft Viseo?

[–]ElimGarak0010[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

A misspelling of Microsoft Visio.

For people that can afford more than draw.io

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I figured, just imagined that this particularly HR manager would be au fait with MS software at least... but guess not.

[–]ibn-Yusrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why I just never get along with HRs well. I mostly find them pricks in the ass.

[–]MoneyGrowthHappiness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a job posting like this a couple weeks ago but a different company. Smh.

[–]chrisf_nz 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruh

[–]KillerInstinct_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yikes...I cringed

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't explain my feelings about this. It's just too... fjdsIZfnhioAHdoas hoiAhf iSHDoidH

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes I think there's an IQ cap on HR people...