> Before you needed actual skill (or luck) to create a good looking CV, especially for niche positions.

so useless skill that says nothing about your actual fit for the job was changed for automatic half-skill that still says nothing about your actual fit for the job

oh no, where are my tears?

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oblio an hour ago | parent [-]

It's astonishing how many people working in tech don't realize the impact of automation in this regard.

This basically kills any "cold job application". Now it's all back to references and nepotism. I've gotten almost all my past jobs by applying to a job I liked, someone figuring out my CV was decent and then passing interviews.

Now the same people filtering CVs have to wade through so much crap that it's almost impossible to even pass that stage.

> oh no, where are my tears?

Very likely, waiting for you in line in front of the unemployment office, 10 years from now.

	▲	danaris 41 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Counterexample: I've never gotten a single job through nepotism and references, and I'm in my mid-40s. Indeed, I just got a new job—on a different continent!—this year by applying blind, interviewing well, and impressing them with my actual skills and knowledge. Didn't know a single person here, didn't get recommended or introduced by anyone. Perhaps it makes difference that my jobs have not been in "the tech industry"—they've all been technical jobs within non-technical organizations (mostly in higher education).
	▲	NooneAtAll3 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Very likely, waiting for you in line in front of the unemployment office, 10 years from now. so nothing's changed? > This basically kills any "cold job application". Now it's all back to references and nepotism. I've gotten almost all my past jobs by applying to a job I liked, someone figuring out my CV was decent and then passing interviews. and my argument is that THERE WERE NO COLD APPLICATIONS even you yourself say - you had to pass interviews. Everything is decided by the direct contact with the candidate now everything will simply skip directly to that stage of skill checks, instead of playing cat-and-mouse game of phrasing, misphrasing and outright lies