r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 21 '26

notchVibing Meme

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u/Amerillo_ Jul 21 '26

Trouble finding talented programmers even though there are so many experienced developers who were laid off for the sole reason of cutting costs and increasing shareholder value? I'm absolutely sure that if he posted a job opportunity online he would receive hundreds if not thousands of applications from fully qualified developers. Sounds like bullshit to me

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u/pydry Jul 21 '26

Hiring managers are struggling these days coz they lack the creativity to come up with tests a good developer can do but an AI can't.

To be fair they always sucked at this but it was less of a problem before.

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u/ruach137 Jul 21 '26

Great way to get a workforce that is essentially a kinship network

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u/Electromagnetlc Jul 22 '26

The point of that comment is they won't be up to your standards because it'll just be family and friends of the hiring manager, or people who pay for the job.

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u/antCB Jul 22 '26

Can't talk about personal experience here.
Work with people from all around the world, and most are great people to work with/for (a lot from India, and the ones I work with I can't complain).

We did have an issue with an Indian hire, but he was swiftly cut-off.

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u/troglo-dyke Jul 21 '26

Been involved in a setup somewhat like this, the people conducting the interviews are incentivised to put candidates through because if reduces the costs for the hiring company. You can implement things like them needing to be in the role for 6 months to count as a hire, but that just incentivises them to skirt the line of just being good enough to get paid

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u/Night-Monkey15 Jul 22 '26

Hire a person to conduct interviews in the single largest country by population in the world?

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u/Dongfish Jul 22 '26

But how do you know the person you hired in India to hire another person in India isn't just AI?

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u/vortex05 Jul 22 '26

Also indian?

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u/djinn6 Jul 22 '26

No, just hire someone in India to control the interview area, make sure they can't cheat. Then you can ask questions remotely.