I want to hire people who code in Kotlin. I personally know it cuts down LOC by 40% vs Java. But I don't care that they've measured this process or why they do it, as long as they code in Kotlin.
I want to hire someone who uses Room to access DB vs direct SQLite queries. I know it's used for databases and I know it cuts down mistakes by a lot of %.
Someone who uses Jetpack Compose. Or Kotlin Flow. I know the benefits of these. And in many cases there are no measurable benefits - it makes debugging harder, but also means less bugs as an application scales. Compose cuts necessary code to write/maintain by half in some instances, but cuts down on the cognitive load by a hell lot. I don't need to see the whys in a resume.
They have a high learning curve. They're battlefield tested. I need someone who can use an assault rifle. It's cool if they won a war with a spear, but I'd rather hire a newbie with an assault rifle for the position.
I’m not saying the BS about “Wrote a React app that brought in 50% more revenue”.
I’m saying “Used React to create $YetAnotherSaasCRUDApp”. I want to know you did something with it besides write Yet Another TODO app following a tutorial.
- “Used React to do $x”