I very much agree that the whole dynamic is absurd. In fact, I can’t think of any other industry where this sort of bullshit has been normalized. In most professions, you just list your experience, projects you’ve worked on, and talk about your skills. You don’t have to perform like a circus animal to prove that you do in fact know the profession you’ve been working in for years.
It can be fairly common in blue collar work too. Pretty much anything that’s skill over knowledge. Though programming is that one profession that rides the line between the two “worlds”
I very much agree that the whole dynamic is absurd. In fact, I can’t think of any other industry where this sort of bullshit has been normalized. In most professions, you just list your experience, projects you’ve worked on, and talk about your skills. You don’t have to perform like a circus animal to prove that you do in fact know the profession you’ve been working in for years.
It can be fairly common in blue collar work too. Pretty much anything that’s skill over knowledge. Though programming is that one profession that rides the line between the two “worlds”
that’s true