Hello @strong shore, I'm curious what about your company expect from a Senior Developer.
If you don't mind and have some kind of skill-testing project/challenge, I'd be happy to share it with me so I can see how far I can go.
#Senior Developer - 3P Learning | Remote - Australia/New Zealand
subtle nimbus
strong shore
Are you based in Australia or New Zealand?
cerulean fern
subtle nimbus
Are you based in Australia or New Zealand?
both if possible
strong shore
We're not able to sponsor visas. Any Australian or New Zealand citizen with the appropriate experience and skills is welcome to apply
zenith summit
@strong shore Would you be so kind to tell us your experience hiring for the role? approx how many applicants, their quality and did you find someone suitable and anything else interesting? 😁
for the sake of market research in 🇦🇺 🦘
strong shore
Who are 'us'?
zenith summit
well, me and the general populous of elixir-lang who might stumble upon this thread.
strong shore
OK, sure, I'll bite
I had almost 200 applicants. The quality was generally extremely low.
zenith summit
JEEPERS i didnt expect that many
strong shore
Large numbers of people applied from outside Australia looking for visa sponsorship, despite me being clear that we can't do that
Probably 90% were disqualified due to lack of work rights
In terms of interactions on here and Elixir Slack, I had three suitable people contact me.
I also had dozens of spammers / scammers DM me. That was frankly exhausting
I had several very promising candidates on paper apply who once I got on a call with them turned out to simply have been lying about both their identity, nationality and skills.
For example I was to talking to someone based in Adelaide who know Elixir. He turned out to be in a different country and was answering my questions via ChatGPT or similar
strong shore
It was, frankly, a horrible experience cutting through the liars and scammers.
But, I did find someone who's starting next week. I wasn't able to find someone who was senior, so hired a mid level person who's gonna do really well I think
I advertised for a junior role last year and had 800 applicants 😂 That was hilarious.
The number of deluded graduates with zero experience asking for $200k+ a year was insane.
zenith summit
well thanks for sharing, it was illuminating.
strong shore
That's not how you spell exhausting 😂
weary quiver
I'll chime in and say this was a great read! Thank you for asking the question, @zenith summit and thank you @strong shore for the laughs and insights!
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