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Entry Level But Senior
Programming
2 days ago 123.6K views 0 shares
Entry Level But Senior
The tech industry's favorite paradox: "Entry-level position, must have 5+ years of experience." Because apparently you should've been coding in the womb and shipped production apps during kindergarten. Recruiters out here demanding senior-level expertise for junior-level pay, then wondering why nobody's applying. It's like asking for a Lamborghini at Honda Civic prices. The job market has been doing this nonsense for years, creating impossible requirements that even the hiring managers themselves couldn't meet when they started. Pro tip: If you see this in a job posting, apply anyway. Half those "requirements" are just HR playing fantasy football with qualifications they don't understand.

Tech Companies Be Like
Programming
3 days ago 134.8K views 0 shares
Tech Companies Be Like
The tech industry's job market in one perfect image. Nothing captures the absurdity of modern hiring like demanding someone be simultaneously fresh out of college yet somehow possessing half a decade of professional experience. It's like asking a newborn to recite their memoir. Next they'll want your GitHub contributions from the womb and internship experience from preschool. The cognitive dissonance is so strong you can practically hear the recruiter saying "entry-level position" while typing "must have architected multiple distributed systems at scale."

Just Improve Your Resume Bro
Programming Webdev
14 days ago 174.9K views 0 shares
Just Improve Your Resume Bro
The classic tech industry paradox in four panels. Companies scream about dev shortages while rejecting perfectly good candidates. Meanwhile, entry-level devs can't even get interviews because they need 5 years of experience in a 2-year-old framework and a PhD in quantum computing to qualify for a junior position. The hiring manager's solution? Violence, apparently. Much easier than fixing broken ATS systems that filter out qualified candidates or reconsidering those "entry-level" job descriptions requiring 10 years of experience.

Degree In Hand, Passion Not Found
Programming
1 month ago 124.9K views 0 shares
Degree In Hand, Passion Not Found
The classic CS grad entitlement syndrome in its natural habitat. Spends four years learning how to reverse a binary tree but can't be bothered to build anything unless someone's paying them six figures. Then has the audacity to blame "arrogant seniors" when companies don't immediately roll out the red carpet. The industry secret? Those "passion projects" separate the code monkeys from the engineers who'll still have careers when AI takes over the easy stuff. But sure, keep thinking that degree is a golden ticket while wondering why you're getting ghosted after technical interviews.

It's Hard Out There: Street Corner Tech Recruitment
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
2 months ago 191.3K views 0 shares
It's Hard Out There: Street Corner Tech Recruitment
Ah, the modern tech job hunt in its final form. When 500+ applications disappear into the void, sometimes you gotta take your hustle analog. The irony of a developer with a GitHub profile and personal website resorting to cardboard signs is just *chef's kiss*. It's like watching evolution run in reverse—from sophisticated applicant tracking systems back to "please sir, may I have a job?" The "pair programming" invitation is particularly brilliant. Nothing says "I'm desperate but still professional" like offering technical interviews to random pedestrians. Somewhere, a hiring manager is looking at this and thinking "finally, a candidate who shows initiative" while simultaneously requiring 5 years experience in a 2-year-old framework.

It's Too Late For Me
Webdev Programming Frontend
4 months ago 180.4K views 0 shares
It's Too Late For Me
Ah, the classic tech industry paradox! Job listings demanding a decade of experience from people who've barely had time to learn how to tie their shoes. This baby's got the right idea—start cramming HTML before you can even form complete sentences. Next up on the reading list: "React for Toddlers" and "Kubernetes Before Kindergarten." The tech hiring market is so absurd that we're basically expecting fetuses to have contributed to open source projects. Should've started coding in the womb if you wanted that entry-level position!

It's Too Late For Me
Programming Webdev Javascript Frontend
4 months ago 254.8K views 0 shares
It's Too Late For Me
Ah yes, the classic tech job paradox: "Entry-level position: requires decade of experience." This baby's getting a head start on their career by diving into HTML before they can even form sentences. Next week they'll be building responsive websites, and by preschool, they'll be architecting enterprise solutions with 15 years of React experience (despite React only existing for 10). The tech industry's expectations are so reasonable that we're now forcing infants to skip crawling and go straight to coding. Cradle to keyboard pipeline is real.

Time Dilation: The Ultimate Job Hack
Programming Agile
4 months ago 161.9K views 0 shares
Time Dilation: The Ultimate Job Hack
The time dilation joke hits harder than a production outage on Friday afternoon! This scene from Interstellar perfectly captures the absurdity of job requirements in tech. Companies casually asking for "5+ years experience" in technologies that have existed for 3 years, while junior devs need to somehow accumulate decades of experience just to get their foot in the door. The cosmic irony is that even if you traveled to a planet where time moves differently and somehow aged your GitHub contributions by 7 years, HR would still ask, "But do you have experience with our proprietary in-house framework that nobody else uses?"

The Missing Developer Category
Programming Webdev
4 months ago 307.3K views 0 shares
The Missing Developer Category
When Amazon asks you to "Add a new member" but forgets the most important category: "Junior Developer - 10 years experience required." That awkward gap between 12 and 18 is where all the tech recruiters find their "entry-level" candidates with impossible qualifications. Somehow they expect you to be both a child prodigy and a seasoned veteran simultaneously. Next they'll rebrand to "Amazon Extended Family" and add a "Senior Developer - 3 months old with 30 years Rust experience" option.

From Zero To Legacy Hero
Programming Microsoft Databases Backend
4 months ago 210.9K views 0 shares
From Zero To Legacy Hero
The circle of programming life is brutal. First panel: a fresh-faced beginner in 2025 desperately seeking validation—"Hey does anyone need me?"—while everyone's just like "NAH" and "NO." Fast forward to panel three where suddenly someone needs them... but plot twist! It's to maintain a Microsoft Access database. That final panel with the lightning and demonic glow says everything about inheriting legacy tech. Nothing crushes the soul quite like realizing your shiny CS degree prepared you for... MS Access. The career trajectory we all fear but somehow keep encountering.

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Start Your Career Before You Start Walking
Programming Webdev Javascript Frontend
5 months ago 197.5K views 0 shares
Start Your Career Before You Start Walking
Start 'em young, they said. Gotta love those job listings demanding a decade of experience with technologies that have only existed for five years. This baby's already behind schedule! Should've mastered React in the womb and deployed a blockchain solution during naptime. At this rate, the poor kid will only have 18 years of experience by 20 - clearly unemployable by industry standards. Next week: "Python for Fetuses" and "Docker Containerization Before You Can Walk."

This Is What HR Expects For An Entry Level
Javascript Webdev Devops Csharp Typescript
6 months ago 362.9K views 0 shares
This Is What HR Expects For An Entry Level
Behold! The MYTHICAL CREATURE known as the "entry-level developer" according to job listings! 🙄 You want to break into tech? HONEY, PLEASE! First, master 17 programming languages, 3 cloud platforms, every database known to mankind, and while you're at it, BUILD AN OPERATING SYSTEM FROM SCRATCH! The audacity of HR expecting you to wear a "Full Stack Developer" hoodie while carrying a "@SeniorDeveloper" bag and being SURROUNDED by tech logos that would make even a 20-year veteran break into a cold sweat! Entry level position: Must know JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C#, Ruby, Angular, Node.js, AWS, GCP, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kotlin, Swift... and we're offering a WHOPPING $15/hour! But there's free coffee in the break room, so... TOTALLY WORTH IT, RIGHT?! 💅