Recently, due to job recruitment requirements, many programmers have been interviewed by phone. Most of them are between 22-25 years old. What a golden stage of coding, I can't help but give birth to a trace of envy.
During the interview, I probably forget it. It is estimated that I have 40+ resumes. For the sake of job stability, I still tend to choose older programmers. This is not to deliberately despise younger programmers, it depends entirely on the job jd requirements, and I believe that younger people are more energetic and creative.
When capturing a 32-year-old job applicant, interview for the position: Senior Development Engineer. With joy in my heart, I dialed the other party's phone without hesitation. The phone was beeping for 50 seconds, and it was a middle-aged man with a dark voice.
Middle-aged interviewer: Hello, hello! Who are you?
Me: Hello, I am an interviewer for xxx company. You are interested in finding a job, right? I probably read your resume. The technical stack meets our requirements. Is it convenient for you to conduct a telephone interview?
Middle-aged interviewer: Well, good.
Me: That's all right, you first briefly introduce yourself and the actual project.
On the other end of the phone, the middle-aged man said in a loud voice. Although his tone lacked a little masculinity, I listened to it patiently. After all, think about whether you came here in the same way, and compare your heart!
Me: Okay, let's talk about a few basic knowledge, you talk about the persistence mechanism of redis.
Middle-aged interviewer: One is based on RDB, and the other is forgotten.
Me: Tell me about the working principle of nginx.
Middle-aged interviewer: Sorry, this is not very clear.
Me: ok, what kind of nginx load balancing strategy is there?
Middle-aged interviewer: polling, weight, and I can’t remember.
The middle-aged man's answer that knows the first and does not know the other, obviously makes me a little depressed and lonely. But I didn't give up, there was still a glimmer of hope in my heart.
Me: Have you been exposed to CI/CD in your usual work?
Middle-aged interviewer: CD? What is CD?
Me: Continuous deployment.
Middle-aged interviewer: Oh, for CI, our last company project used jenkins for continuous integration. As for CD, I haven't played it.
Me: Have you participated in your previous jenkins?
Middle-aged interviewer: No, we have dedicated operation and maintenance personnel, and they are responsible for the integration of jenkins.
At this time, my heart was already very heavy, and I wanted to vomit, but I suppressed my violent temper.
Me: Okay, I basically understand your situation here. If there is a follow-up retest, our HR will contact you on the boss.
Middle-aged interviewer: Well, all right.
After speaking, another beeping hung-up sound lingered in my already numb ear. I wondered, should a 32-year-old programmer be at this level? I don't think this is accidental, nor is it a case. There are still a lot of mediocre programmers with 30+.
So, it is said that the program ape is a youth meal? How many years will it last? Returning to self-consideration, the year of standing is almost here, what is your future life plan? What is your position? Trapped in hysterical contemplation, at that time, I just wanted to be quiet.
Where is the way out for 30+ programmers? Is the programmer’s theory of youth rice a true proposition?
In fact, I have communicated this serious and face-to-face issue with many industry leaders in private. The comprehensive opinions are as follows:
It is impossible to generalize that programmers eat youth rice. For the mediocre programmers, it is indeed a bowl of youth rice. They are all old, and they are only at the level of CURD. Which company dares to ask for it!
For those programmers who are pursuing technology, 30+ may be the golden moment in life. This group of people is either the technical backbone of the project, or transfers to the company's technical management, and there may be a little luck and free work By;
Let’s talk about freelancers. This group of people has solid technology and started their own company to talk about outsourcing projects, or this group of people has already owned a group on various technology platforms (WeChat public account, csdn, Zhihu, station b) during their part-time work. Iron fan, the income of this sideline has far exceeded the salary level.
In summary, there are still many options for a 30+ programmer to choose. The key lies in how you choose; there is no word "easy" in the adult world. Life is like a curse on Monkey King's head. If you don’t give up in the west, you will be suffocated by the rape of life, unless you are the second generation of the rich, the second generation of the official, the second generation of the stars, I will not say more about this, everyone will be seated!
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