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Experienced Startup CTO | Technical Strategist | Software Engineer | Amazon Veteran

A lot of developers are on the street right now. Recruiters and HR types seem to be doing fine though. It is beyond frustrating that they are gatekeepers in our industry, but they don't understand it. More and more they hide behind ATS systems that add even more friction to the application process while doing nothing to improve it. Today I submitted an application to a very senior level tech role only to be met with a set of automated "qualifying" questions. I was presented with a list of "skills" and asked to rank my expertise in them. Among the skills were: Senior Staff Go Golang Amazon Web Services AWS Programming Services Micro Services SaaS These are not skills. Some are redundant terms for the same thing. All of them telegraph that the people in charge of recruiting for $300k roles are completely clueless. Or perhaps it the "AI" in their ATS systems. I can't tell but what I can see is a complete lack of respect for their potential employees. We deserve better than this.

Huy Nguyen

Product | Leadership | Enterprise | Agile Coach

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oh the recruiters are definitely out on the street too.

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