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Data collected from Oct 6th, 2023, until today. All data collected by me.

Applied to 61 job offers on different sites (LinkedIn mostly, but also some minor Spanish job sites). All of them were for Django or Python backend developer (asking for Django, FastAPI or Flask), mostly mid/senior level, but some of them even were for junior level, just in case.

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[-] Gork@lemm.ee 62 points 8 months ago

For companies to say that they can't find workers, it's curious to see why so many don't even give you the time of day.

[-] jsalvador@programming.dev 42 points 8 months ago

Yeah. Today I read an article saying last year there was a huge increment of layoffs on IT, and "75% of companies can't find what they are looking for", so I guess they're looking for slaves. Or someone who can read the job application emails.

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 8 months ago

They only want senior developers (and probably for the price of junior developers).

[-] jsalvador@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago

Yes. Today I had the last interview (before accepting the current one), and they offered me less money, for a job position where they require +4 years of experience. Well, I'm almost there, but the top salary they want to pay is just high for a junior...

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