Dave Rosenthal

I guess I was, I just, I just didn't, you know, hang a lot on it, but I understand what you're saying. Like feeling like when you leave, you leave a hole that is noticeable. Right. Right. Like, yeah, I love that. I mean, I'm not going to lie.

It's, it's, it's feeling that you have that kind of impact, but the thing is the higher ups are probably never going to feel it as much as your team or as much as people you work with closely day to day.

It's, it's, it's feeling that you have that kind of impact, but the thing is the higher ups are probably never going to feel it as much as your team or as much as people you work with closely day to day.

That was great. Yeah. Oh, it felt amazing. It felt amazing. I was in cloud nine. I was like, oh, man, I knew it.

That was great. Yeah. Oh, it felt amazing. It felt amazing. I was in cloud nine. I was like, oh, man, I knew it.

It's just a hunch that I got. So one of the things that I do and have always done as a professional is I'm always looking at job postings, right? So while, you know, you have, you know, YouTube, you know, influencers saying, hey, this framework is the best thing or whatever.

It's just a hunch that I got. So one of the things that I do and have always done as a professional is I'm always looking at job postings, right? So while, you know, you have, you know, YouTube, you know, influencers saying, hey, this framework is the best thing or whatever.

Like people are, you know, geeks get excited, you know, nerds get excited about, you know, technologies and programming and everything else. I'm like, okay, that's one lens. The other lens is what are companies actually hiring for? What list of technologies do you see on those job descriptions? So I'm always looking at those job descriptions. Hey, what do SREs need to know these days?

Like people are, you know, geeks get excited, you know, nerds get excited about, you know, technologies and programming and everything else. I'm like, okay, that's one lens. The other lens is what are companies actually hiring for? What list of technologies do you see on those job descriptions? So I'm always looking at those job descriptions. Hey, what do SREs need to know these days?

Hey, what does a full-stack developer need to know these days? So I'm always keeping an eye out to see where the trend is going. Regardless of what the hype is doing, I'm looking at what people are actually getting paid for. So I started noticing, right, the same job. I would literally bookmark it, right? I would take a screenshot of it, right?

Hey, what does a full-stack developer need to know these days? So I'm always keeping an eye out to see where the trend is going. Regardless of what the hype is doing, I'm looking at what people are actually getting paid for. So I started noticing, right, the same job. I would literally bookmark it, right? I would take a screenshot of it, right?

And I started noticing the same job, right, with almost the same description, maybe a word change here and there, often from the same recruiter, other times from a different recruiter, but the same job, again, with a word change here and there, right, asking for the same exact thing. And I'm like seeing the same thing come up over again week after week after week after week after week, right?

And I started noticing the same job, right, with almost the same description, maybe a word change here and there, often from the same recruiter, other times from a different recruiter, but the same job, again, with a word change here and there, right, asking for the same exact thing. And I'm like seeing the same thing come up over again week after week after week after week after week, right?

Before, I didn't pay any attention because we didn't have, you know, back in the heyday, everybody had a job. So less of that, right? And basically companies were just tripping over themselves to hire people, right? Like, you know, at the start of the pandemic and everything else, when all the overhiring was happening, so they say. So you didn't notice it as much, but not, you know.

Before, I didn't pay any attention because we didn't have, you know, back in the heyday, everybody had a job. So less of that, right? And basically companies were just tripping over themselves to hire people, right? Like, you know, at the start of the pandemic and everything else, when all the overhiring was happening, so they say. So you didn't notice it as much, but not, you know.

So many people on the job market, right? You're seeing the influx of these job postings and you're like, okay, how come there are so many job postings, especially in places like LinkedIn or Indeed or Dice or whatever it is, so many job postings and so many people are saying they can't find jobs.

So many people on the job market, right? You're seeing the influx of these job postings and you're like, okay, how come there are so many job postings, especially in places like LinkedIn or Indeed or Dice or whatever it is, so many job postings and so many people are saying they can't find jobs.

going from six months, you know, like, you know, from, from three to six months before they find a job, like getting an interview is harder than it's ever been. Like, I'm like, something is not making sense here. What are all these job postings? And I started seeing the pattern repeating over and over and over again. Then I'm like, um, something doesn't add up here.

going from six months, you know, like, you know, from, from three to six months before they find a job, like getting an interview is harder than it's ever been. Like, I'm like, something is not making sense here. What are all these job postings? And I started seeing the pattern repeating over and over and over again. Then I'm like, um, something doesn't add up here.

Is somebody just training a model or something? It is when people just keep on sending their resume. resumes into this void? Like, like what is going on here? So I have no evidence, right? No, no empirical evidence to say, Hey, this is like what's happening. Cause I don't know, you know, if anybody's going to, you know, sort of step up and says, yep, we do that. Right.