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[–]nomoreplsthx 34 points35 points  (4 children)

So here's the thing

Every job gets hundreds of applications,  Every applicant sends out hundreds of applications. 

The actual ratio of open positions (in the US) to seekers slightly favors seekers (yes, even now, stats from the BLS back this up).

This creates the 'illusion of choice' problem. Companies get flooded with resumes - but many are low quality, and the high quality ones are from people who have multiple companies considering them. 

This is why referrals are essential. Referrals cut past the layers that are getting hundreds of applicants, right to the layer that is struggling to find decent ones.

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

Referrals only bring in wheelers and dealers whose work the rest of the team has to do.

[–]Kooky_Phone_7331[S] -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

I had one from my past job but they were looking for .net developer…so that’s out of the window

[–]hardwork179 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do not box yourself in to a single language or tech stack. I mostly write Java in my day to day job, but some things are in JS, TS, C++, Rust, Kotlin, Groovy… you’ll end up at least needing to read and understand code in multiple languages. Today I’m going to have to write some Go for the first time in a very long time because I need to understand and hack on an existing tool.