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> HR is looking for "node.js" but you wrote it like "nodejs"? Though luck pal, bye. HR wants a "computer scientist" but you have a degree in "computer science"? Same, automatically discarded.

Wouldn't those issues be more likely to occur as a result of automated processing? I imagine that most humans who deal with technical hiring would guess that "node.js" and "nodejs" are probably the same thing.



Most humans who deal with technical hiring think that "javascript" and "java" are probably the same thing


Can confirm - I spent a year doing C++ because the recruiter thought it was the same thing as C#.


Java ?? Java-Script ??? Which is which?

http://web.archive.org/web/20171002221201/http://www.jerkcit...

Originally published in October 2002 (almost 20 years ago from when this comment was made, for you future readers and time travellers).


This sounds like an issue of syntax vs semantics, both of which would be relevant to building any sort of fair (as possible) data format.


A standard would include standard forms of expressing things--there shouldn't be anything (other than names) that doesn't appear in their dictionary.




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