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@ejelome what do you mean by “over-expectation”?
It definitely depends. I’ve seen teams dropping the “knowing Clojure” requirement in job postings to increase the pool of applicants
Of course there is extensive training once in
here's an example, say, an applicant wants to get a cljs job, but he only knows cljs and basic JS but never did clojure tasks (back-end)
I would take the applicant in, sure
I’m not a fan of huge entry thresholds
But it definitely depends on the nature of the task
And on the availability of a senior enough dev to train the new recruits
I’m less sure of this 😛 but thanks!
I've seen this problem repeatedly, a qualified applicant think he/she is unqualified not applying, then an unqualified thinking he/she is unqualified then getting hired, only to get fired 3 mos later, lol
but yeah, thanks @nilrecurring, some better perspective you got there, thanks 👏
Yeah that’s the usual thing that happens
I like when this kind of discussions come up, it’s nice to see that I’m not alone holding this opinion 🙂
But I think this stems from a more general issue in the industry: that everything is super time-constrained, and there’s no time for getting people to speed properly, and we have to cut corners, and hire superstars all the time
Now, it’s easy for me to talk like this since I’m not the one holding the budget, but this attitude has some objective drawbacks
@nilrecurring the drawback is obvious. You have to pick from the pool of "already senior" people instead of "senior-soon people + already senior" people. In Clojure the first pool is substantialy smaller then the second.
How do you take care of your taxes, how much does it cost you to do that, and are you W2, or self-employed, or something else? I've struggled through a couple years of trying to do an s-corp properly even with a CPA (scorp+payroll for myself+CPA = expensive, btw), and now i'm thinking of changing it to an LLC... My main thing is, I think I should be able to figure out how much state/feds want on my own without paying a professional. Like using QuickBooks? or something? Any guidance?