It seems like there’d be enough just-out-of-college people for it to be easier to just say “nope, I’ll take this guy who jumped at the chance instead.”
But then, I’m told that the demand for programmers is much higher than supply...
If you are a talented programmer, you’ll never hear “nope, I’ll take this guy who jumped at the chance instead.” They want both. Also, during negotiations, they won’t tell you “you are negotiating too hard, we don’t want you any more”. They’ll just say: “This is our final offer and we can’t do better than that.”
It seems like there’d be enough just-out-of-college people for it to be easier to just say “nope, I’ll take this guy who jumped at the chance instead.”
But then, I’m told that the demand for programmers is much higher than supply...
If you are a talented programmer, you’ll never hear “nope, I’ll take this guy who jumped at the chance instead.” They want both. Also, during negotiations, they won’t tell you “you are negotiating too hard, we don’t want you any more”. They’ll just say: “This is our final offer and we can’t do better than that.”