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Tech Companies Be Like

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Tech Companies Be Like

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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."

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