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Discussion on: Are newer developers pushed too exclusively towards web development?

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Sean Allin Newell • Edited

We had a discussion at work recently where our org wanted to be able to respond to Alpine 0 days well; and I was like... Uhh no web dev or app dev in the company can quickly just bang out some C/C++ code for MUSLC and patch our Alpine base container, you be crazy friend.

So yeah, maybe we do need more fields represented!

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Ben Halpern

There are also fields within software that don't require low level languages. Ops/infra, test automation, DBA, etc.

It seems to me that a lot of folks just kind of stumble into these paths rather than being presented with them.

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Sean Allin Newell • Edited

We have some test automation people! They're selenium wizards.

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ItsASine (Kayla)

Now I want my LinkedIn headline to be Selenium Wizard

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Michiel Hendriks

There is way more to test automation that just selenium (or other web-ui tests.)

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ItsASine (Kayla) • Edited

Yes, but most recruiters on LinkedIn do not know that

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Antonio Savage

If you're attempting to attract MORE LinkedIn recruiters, you're doing it wrong. So many InMails get wasted on me weekly.

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ItsASine (Kayla)

Not more, but ideally not ones for manual testing positions. Or Java/C# devs. Selenium Wizard is a clever enough phrase that succulently wraps up what kind of gig to contact about.