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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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but i use ddg btw

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You're expected to know how to program microcontrollers to mainframes to fucking VCRs and knowing every programming language ever created since electronic computers exist as well as networking and cloud technology and databases, etc. AND you have to be certified in all these things to prove you know them on top of your degree.

So there's a problem even worse than this: When you have all those skills and more (I do 👍) employers expect to pay you the salary of someone who knows just one of those things.

Like, I was a professional hacker, a systems administrator (both Unix/Linux and Windows), I know networking, have administered/maintained databases, I'm also an award-winning web developer (I know the usual web stuff plus Python, Rust, and a few other things), an embedded developer (C, C++, and Rust), and I can even engineer, design, and program an entire product from scratch that didn't exist before (see: https://youtu.be/iv6Rh8UNWlI?si=dG15yQlQpfNGCDal ). That includes designing/engineering the circuit board.

Do I get paid for knowing all these things? No. If I apply for any job you know what employers say when they reject me?

Overqualified

You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You dumb down your resume. Leave a bunch of that shit off. Only put what applies for the job you are looking for.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that'll get me the job but it'll still have the same problem: Only getting paid to have knowledge of just one thing.

Companies don't hire generalists that can get a lot of different work done. They hire specialists that are like cogs in a machine. That way they're much easier to replace and a lot cheaper too.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Sick keyboard!!!

At the point you're at with all your skills, have you thought of starting your own company? No employer will know how to use your talents as well as you do.

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

Hey, I saw the stellar review of your keyboard, is it possible to buy somewhere?