Hiring Developers: Expectation vs Reality

Ah yes, because databases, APIs, security, and server logic just 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺  connect themselves. 🤡

Hiring a 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 isn’t about just filling a seat—it’s about understanding that 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲. You wouldn’t expect a house to stand with only a beautifully painted door and no foundation, right? 🏠🚪

Yet, so often in recruitment, we see unrealistic job specs:

⚡ “𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 10+ 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦… 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘺.”
⚡ “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘖𝘱𝘴, 𝘜𝘐/𝘜𝘟… 𝘰𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦?”
⚡ “𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘚𝘈𝘗, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 3 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴.”

Developers, we see you.

We hear your frustrations.

And as recruiters, we’re here to bridge the gap between 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 ‘𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁’.

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