I’ve run into a problem from here though. Every Godamn company has their software of choice or whatever, EVEN THOUGH the softwares are functionally identical, have the same components, and work the same way overall. Is this not neoliberalism incarnate lol

So you HAVE to say that you’re familiar with this obscure software to get your foot in the door but then you have to talk about it in an interview like your previous org has used it in the past (even though they haven’t).

Does anyone have any life hacks for this particular situation

  • DPRK_Chopra [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Lookup reviews of the software and pick a specific gripe about it. That way you can say like, “yeah we used Jira (or whatever piece of shit) and it was great except it can be a little too configurable and get complicated if not managed correctly.”

    People who have used shitty software professionally will have opinions on it, so keep it positive but throw in a caveat taken from reviewers to sound real and pragmatic.