this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 113 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Pay attention to details..."

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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 4 months ago

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

[–] jnk 58 points 8 months 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 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] jnk 13 points 8 months 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 7 months ago

Sounds like a typical COBOL dev

[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lurch 24 points 8 months ago

i was debugging assembly even before i got reincarnated

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

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

[–] xmunk 17 points 8 months 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 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

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