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> If I'm trying to hire, I need to include at least some of those sexy tech stacks in my posting if I want to get good applicants

I understand your reasoning, however it may put off some good hires because they don't meet one of your bogus requirements.

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> I understand your reasoning, however it may put off some good hires because they don't meet one of your bogus requirements.

That's fair. I'll freely admit, this is not an issue I found a great solution for yet.

The solution is to separate "we use" from "we're looking for". Eg, a job post can say:

We use kafka, big-scale-databigness, BuzzwordDb, and CoolFramework. We're looking for smart engineers with an open mind and a commitment to building to high quality, robust systems. Minimum qualifications:

* Several years developing user-facing web applications * Experience with OOP in a language like Java, C#, Smalltalk, or similar

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