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0 pointsjarek12y ago0 comments

> You appear to have chosen to create a 5 month gap in your work history. Can you imagine how this looks to an employer?

Are you by any chance trolling? I am a middling .NET developer with a self-chosen 4 month gap in my work history ("personal projects to grow Python experience") and it took me something around four weeks of not particularly intensive search to get a signed contract in not particularly software-heavy Vancouver.

You'd rather have someone lie about what they do with their time than tell you they do something other than pump out code?

This sort of "you must have a job" selectivity isn't a factor for halfway decent software developers.

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UK-AL12y ago· 1 in thread

I hate the attitude too. However HR treats most people with suspicion. They think you've been prison, or fired from a job after a month or two.

jarekOP12y ago

Of my applications that proceeded beyond email, five had HR or non-technical recruiters handling the initial screening. It just doesn't seem to have been that big of a factor. Maybe Vancouver is particularly progressive on this, or I've always happened to encounter good HR, but I somewhat doubt it.

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