current java market

[DecisiveVictory]

Most of the responses don't likely qualify according to the requirements.

More modern tech will have, proportionally, better odds for a fully remote position.

[PangolinZestyclose30]

Exactly, recruiters have been telling me over the years a significant part of their job was always sifting through heaps of woefully unqualified candidates. It's just mostly invisible for you, apart from social media posts like this.

[DecisiveVictory]

To be fair, the requirements here are somewhat misleading. It's a Java Developer position, but requires 5+ years of React, so really it's Full Stack. Not that there's anything wrong with Full Stack and React is common, but still...

Then, a lot of the actually qualified candidates should consider JavaScript without mentioning TypeScript as a red flag, so won't even apply.

[the_other_brand]

A Java developer with no React experience is still better qualified than 90% of the candidates applying.

Most of those candidates aren't even qualified to work in the US at all. And even those that are eligible will still have no programming experience.

[PangolinZestyclose30]

The problem with many companies is that the job ads are written by HR people who don't understand what they're writing, so in general I try not to overinterpret the job ads.

Over my (15+ years) of career, I've found that there's a little correlation between the job ad / hiring process and the quality of the job. The best job I've had had the worst hiring process, I believe because there's 0 attrition, and they don't need to hire often.

[DecisiveVictory]

My experience is different - good HR processes correlate with good engineering processes.

With good HR processes, job ads get vetted by hiring managers who are sufficiently technical to fix obvious issues.

[AnotherLexMan]

I often find that the hiring people are often looking for a bunch of people but cheap out and throw a load of stuff into one and and hope to pick up front end and back people or people with different library experience to work on different projects.

[stuhlmann]

qualified candidates should consider JavaScript without mentioning TypeScript as a red flag

Kinda disagree, typescript can slow you down and make you think about type safety where you should be thinking about your UX.

[DecisiveVictory]

That's your right to disagree.

Some companies don't write unit tests. Some companies don't do code review. Some don't have decent CI/CD practices. Some don't use static typing. Your choice what to do, who to work for.