A Redditor tried to roast a company for demanding 7 years of experience for an entry-level job. The plot twist? They just didn't read the prompt properly.
Another day, another resume screening drama on Reddit. Today we're looking at a viral post where someone tried to roast a corporate Job Description, but ended up roasting themselves. Grab your popcorn, fellow code monkeys, this one's a classic.
Here’s the TL;DR: A user posted a screenshot of a job application with the sarcastic title "thanks but no thanks". At a quick glance, the form seemed to demand "7 years of experience" for what was supposedly an Entry-Level position.
Naturally, tech bros and job seekers reading this immediately lost their minds. "Who the f*ck asks a junior for 7 years of experience? Do I need to start writing React components in the womb?" The post blew up, bagging nearly 7k upvotes. Pitchforks were sharpened, and the mob was ready to burn the server down.
As always, when HR slips up, the IT community unites like never before. The comment section was a goldmine of salt:
Crowd 1: The Anti-Corporate Crusaders Most folks were just pissed about the current job market. A seasoned veteran NdN124 dropped this truth bomb: "Companies want experience but they want to pay at an entry level. There are no 'entry level jobs'. What they mean is 'Entry level pay'." Right on cue, Fast-Times-1982 replied: "Then entitled business owners will go on local news complaining they can’t find anybody willing to work anymore. They leave out the part where they pay $10/hr and no benefits."
Crowd 2: The Sarcastic Trolls Others took the comedic route. One user joked about pulling on the bootstraps so hard that they snapped. Some speculated that HR probably hosted their cheap application portal on a $5 cloud vps and couldn't even bother to proofread their own text. Another guy chimed in: "Beware the 20+ years experience intern. Very vindictive."
Just when the hate train reached maximum velocity, a few sane readers (bless their hearts) stepped in to ruin the circlejerk. And boy, did the tables turn.
Actually, the text did NOT require 7 years of experience to apply. It literally said: "List your employment history for the last 7 years. If you have less than 7 years’ experience, list all work history."
Oof. It’s just standard background check boilerplate text. The OP literally got triggered by basic HR instructions, completely misread the prompt, and rushed to Reddit to farm karma. Big yikes. OP tried to bait the community but ended up exposing their own lack of reading comprehension.
Look, the tech job market is a mess right now. We've all seen unhinged JDs demanding 10 years of Rust experience for a minimum wage job. But let's keep our heads straight.
As devs, we spend hours debugging a missing semicolon or a weird CSS float, but apparently, we skim through job requirements like we're speedrunning a video game. This whole drama is a perfect reminder of our oldest mantra: RTFM (Read The F*cking Manual).
Before you screenshot something to mock others on the internet, parse your own logic first. If you fail at basic reading comprehension on a simple form, HR throwing your CV in the trash might actually be the right call. Anyway, back to grinding Leetcode—it pays better than whining on Reddit.
Source: r/recruitinghell
