No, I don’t want your challenging, fast-paced work environment. Thanks.
Why are companies advertising their unreasonable work environments as if the horror was somehow desirable? Recent job listings for IT jobs look similar to this:
Challenging, fast-paced environment, candidates must thrive in ambiguity, be comfortable wearing several hats, and respond positively to ever-changing and conflicting specs, which are all top priorities. The ability to juggle inner politics while providing ground-breaking productivity is a must. Candidate must possess 15 years of direct experience in technologies that are 10 years old. A desire for 80+ hour work weeks, unreasonable deadlines, and a lack of appropriate resources is preferred. Candidates should possess a Ph.D. in everything, live locally, and speak 13 languages fluently. Experience using FartBox, MeekGeek, WTF, and several other apps you’ve never heard of is a must. Preference is given to candidates with an O-positive blood type and who have lived a past life as sherpas. EOE.
As a software engineer with 24+ years of professional programming experience, I’ve been part of the madness that has gotten us to where we are now. This is the story.
How did we get here?
In the 1984 movie “Revenge of the Nerds,” the type of people who were interested in things such as…
