Really? I was under the impression things were pretty great for developers at the moment. Granted, I have no interest in looking for jobs, but I do get contacted by recruiters (and occasionally companies directly) regularly. At the very least, there's plenty of roles out there for good Ruby developers in Melbourne and Sydney (and globally too) - I was presuming it's much the same for any other popular language.
-- Pat On 10/08/2012, at 3:56 AM, Sujit Shah wrote: > It is not a very good job market for hackers (prove me wrong!). Recruiters > get lots of resumes and the only way out for them is to do keyword searches. > Look at a job vacancy if you feel you can do it (the Job) - change your > resume to feature the keywords of the Job Ad - Play the Game. > > You can reflect on all you real skills in the interview. > > My 0.2c.. > > > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Fai Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > I've only been recently job hunting after working as a .Net Web developer for > a (secret company) the last 6 years. Do you guys (hackers) find the job > market good for a mid-senior roles? Good time to get into contracting? > > I've recently discovered the pain of dealing with recruiters who some of them > measure my skills by matching the keywords I give them and employers who > measure my skills by a written knowledge test which I find doesn't fully > reflect what makes a good programmer. Yes I still struggle with tests because > my memory is bad and I've set systems up so I don't have to store everything > up there. Plus, StackOverflow is a really good friend. > > I believe that the test doesn't measure instinct, usability, code > maintainability, adaptive thinking, creative problem solving, out-of-the-box > thinking, improving self and the team, passion/curious mind and tenacity to > solve difficult problems among other things. > > Would love to hear inputs from hackers, hustlers and everybody in between > here. :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > > > -- > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "There must be ingenuity as well as intention, strategy as well as strength. " > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
