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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by fbmac@lemmy.fbmac.net to c/programming@programming.dev

I think my interview/offer ratio is somewhere below 1%. One factor that you probably guessed is I have very low social skills, well documented in my psychological evaluation that I did to diagnose my ADHD.

I started learning programming about as a preschool kid, in the 8 bits era, then did some Visual Basic desktop apps, C, .NET, embedded C payment devices, vehicle plate recognition systems, backend of payment systems, android programming, etc.

Changing that much was probably a bad thing, as a senior any position I attempt I'll be competing with people that is focused on the same stack for years.

All the best positions ask for fluent english and my pronunciation is not that good, and I'm 44 years old now.

There is no chance I'll move up to management because of said social skills.

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[-] manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 4 points 11 months ago

Y’all are getting interviews???

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

If you have a good degree and some experience it's almost trivial to get a programming job. Got mine on my first application within two weeks of the interview. They are desperate for programmers atm.

[-] KaeruCT@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago

Mentioning the country is really important for these kind of anecdotal posts

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