this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Pay attention to details..."

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Our code is a buggy mess and no one so far has been able to fix it"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Please god come throw your body in the pile we use to fill up the holes. We are very nearly out of unwitting flesh here."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's why they need 55 years of experience. They are trying to hire the original dev.

[–] jnk 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If they require at least a 71yo, assuming the person started working at 16 and has dedicated their entire life to develop software without ever touching management positions, ... At what age does people retire in that country??

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] jnk 13 points 1 year ago

Damn... I swear no one will ever see me again after my 65th birthday, I'll be on the beach, probably knitting till I die

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a typical COBOL dev

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I spent all my time in utero working on binary division.

[–] lurch 24 points 1 year ago

i was debugging assembly even before i got reincarnated

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I feel like this is a typo and the 55 is intended to just be 5

[–] xmunk 17 points 1 year ago

I can only assume this company put so much effort into their role posting because they're specifically trying to hire quiet quitters that are concurrently holding five or more jobs. I'd encourage any such persons to apply.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does it count if I have "5" years of experience in Go and 5 in Nodejs?

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