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Recruiters and interviewers focus too much on "technology of the day" that will always change and be out of date, and not enough on foundational knowledge that is always transferable to new tech.

So if you don't have they right modern tech stack on your resume then you have no chance of getting hired even if you are perfectly capable of doing the work.

This is where "resume driven development" comes from. Smart and rational developers will choose tech stacks that look good on their resume, not necessarily what is best for the work at hand, because they want to make sure that they stay hireable in the future. It no good to do the best work you can do today, if you cannot get hired in the future. This is partly how new tech stacks are always so hyped even if they are always just more or less rehashes of what already exists.



Big companies seem to typically be on the opposite side, and not care about tech of the day.


That is not specific to big companies vs small companies, which is what I was asking about upthread.


If you're saying that it doesn't matter if you're at a small or large company using an internal company specific tech stack, then I agree. Both will leave you as unhireable even if your actual development skills can transfer just fine.




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