I am a C++ developer and one issue with that is the majority of job postings have the dreaded laundry list of requirements that are super specific and in most cases actually a hard requirement, e.g. experience with computer vision, networking, OS, compilers, robotics etc. It’s impossible to be good at all of those and so depending on what you do the number of jobs you can apply to is very very small.
In contrast, I am a bit envious of e.g. SREs which seemingly (at least to some degree) don’t suffer from this overspecialization problems and furthermore are in demand at every major tech company on the planet.
What other specializations that involve software development would you say are the least susceptible to this issue? I.e. have a broad number of job openings that are mostly similar in what they demand of you?
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r/cscareerquestions I am a C++ developer and one issue with that is the majority of job postings have the dreaded laundry list of requirements that are super specific and in most cases actually a hard requirement, e.g. experience with computer vision, networking, OS, compilers, robotics etc. It’s impossible to be good at all of those and so depending on what you do the number of jobs you can apply to is very very small. In contrast, I am a bit envious of e.g. SREs which seemingly (at least to some degree) don’t suffer from this overspecialization problems and furthermore are in demand at every major tech company on the planet. What other specializations that involve software development would you say are the least susceptible to this issue? I.e. have a broad number of job openings that are mostly similar in what they demand of you? submitted by /u/ConfidenceUnited3757 [link] [comments]
I am a C++ developer and one issue with that is the majority of job postings have the dreaded laundry list of requirements that are super specific and in most cases actually a hard requirement, e.g. experience with computer vision, networking, OS, compilers, robotics etc. It’s impossible to be good at all of those and so depending on what you do the number of jobs you can apply to is very very small.
In contrast, I am a bit envious of e.g. SREs which seemingly (at least to some degree) don’t suffer from this overspecialization problems and furthermore are in demand at every major tech company on the planet.
What other specializations that involve software development would you say are the least susceptible to this issue? I.e. have a broad number of job openings that are mostly similar in what they demand of you?
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