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Comment by mr_toad | Hacker News Reader

That’ll confuse the hiring managers and recruiters.

“Your CV says that you use JavaScript/WebScript. Which one would you say you used most often?”

You’re thinking about it like a bug instead of a feature. When HTML5 was announced everyone expected it on your resume like every other buzzword. WebScript should be pitched like that: the hot new thing. Managers won’t be confused (or rather, no more confused than usual), they’ll be excited. And for the first time in tech history, people will actually have 5 years experience in a technology that was announced this year.

Reminds me of that one recruiter:

  - I need to run a quick survey on your tech, ok?
  - But you have my CV, it should be rather obvious if I fit or not. Doh. Whatever.
  - Perfect. How many years of experience you have with JavaScript?
  - Dude, really? ... I don't know, I've been using it since '99.
  - Perfect. More than 3 years it is. Onto the next question!

Oh, I mostly use ECMAScript these days.

This is a funny thought, but do you think this would really happen? Surely anyone hiring a programmer would be aware of this.

Surely you've never read the job description for a programming position

From what I understand of modern hiring practices, the automated systems match for exact keywords, and if WebScript is not in the system, you don't get matched, and no actual human will even see your resume.

Oh, gosh, when was your last job hunt? As of 9 months ago I still heard a "This job requires Java so you'll be a great fit" from a recruiter when he saw JavaScript on my resume.

Wow that is not encouraging

Oh no! Anyway…

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