I found a hilarious and honest guide chart for software developer job advertisement. I'm not a software developer, but I can see this chart can be apply to web developer too!
This guide chart was first tweeted by Julien Blanchard, a software engineer from Paris, France. If you've done some job hunting before, most of the time you would stumble into job ads with these keywords - passionate, team player, agile, rockstar developer, self-starter, fast-paced environment and etc. Do you know the actual meaning of this? For example:
Sample Job Ads
We are looking for an ambitious web developer rockstar who is passionate about creating engaging, consistent and memorable experiences urgently.
In this role you will be iteratively improving our market leading product. If selected, you will be working on high traffic, responsive and accessible websites as well as enterprise, mobile applications accessed globally.
The successful developer will be someone that loves to hand-write clean, semantic, standards-compliant code, and who wants to work in a dynamic, fully agile and creative team in a fast-paced environment.
Guide to Software and Web Developer Job Advertisements
| Word / Phases | Actual meaning |
|---|---|
| work on cutting edge technology | Do what everyone else is doing |
| a fast-paced-environment | Your job will be constant firefighting |
| must be a team player | Must not question authority |
| able to work with minimal supervision | You'll be the one we blame when something goes wrong |
| an Agile team | We have daily stand-ups |
| a market leader | Recently started making a profit |
| rockstar developer | You will work very long hours with impossible deadlines |
| we have an urgent need | Our other rockstar just left and no one understands the code |
| dynamic environment | Our leadership keeps changing priorities |
| self-starter | We have no process |
| passionate | Perseveres through regular death marches |
Developer job ads pic.twitter.com/ZOXKZpuGgr
— digital workforce (@julienXX) January 18, 2016
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