alt Hacker Newsso you either are well connected or you starve, got it
guess it's death and destitute for introverts
edit: please explain the downvotes, i'm curious why you think i'm wrong
if what op says it's true, that today only networking works, then it easily follows that if for some reasons you do not have a network then you don't get hired
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I'm currently involved in the hiring process in our company, selecting engineers for my team. If someone applies who has the programming language we ask for in their CV, they get a first interview. If they can read code, and write VERY basic code, they will get through at least the first 2 rounds without any issues.
If people put down the AI, and actually learn how to write a `for` loop, they would be more hire-able than 50% of candidates.
> "Guess it's death [...] for introverts"
There is a meritocracy somewhere in our capitalist system. Not everyone participates, but it exists.
Bro I'm an introvert and I have work connections. It isn't hard.
Anyone who has been in the industry for several years or more should have people they can reach out to. That’s not being well connected.
This is really just a reversion to how things used to work, relying on human connections. People seemed to manage to get jobs 30 years ago just fine
Seems like that is the case, yes.