Comment by legitster
4 days ago
> So, I recently got about 600 resumes for a senior Python backend position.
Dear lord the job market is an absolute disaster right now.
People are clambering for the last helicopter out of Saigon.
4 days ago
> So, I recently got about 600 resumes for a senior Python backend position.
Dear lord the job market is an absolute disaster right now.
People are clambering for the last helicopter out of Saigon.
Oh god, I should tell you about the frontend position, then, which got 1000 applicants and then we just closed within a week, despite naturally not having hired anyone yet...
>Dear lord the job market is an absolute disaster right now.
Indeed it is, I don't know and would never like to know the levels of desperation one needs to reach to accept writing Python as a career. (I jest, I jest)
In all seriousness, Python (and the same goes for with Javascript/Typescript) is a popular language that is taught at many bootcamps. I'm sure that has lots to do with the number of applications for these kinds of roles.
That’s a good theory, but we also get ridiculous numbers for C#, design, product management and, at a previous job, Ruby and devops we also got flooded.
Honestly the only language we do that gets a normal amount of candidates is C++, but the team that does it complains about quality too, a lot of CVs from people exaggerating their expertise.