"you don't seem like you have X years of experience under your belt"

oof

i dont disagree but i wish words could kill so i didn't have to survive that, i suppose i should accept being mediocore

The response: "My years of experience differ in that opinion."

Then put distance between myself a such a person.

I've had that once. They doubted resume while it was true. No idea why because I'm verbally strong. As strong as @Demolishun's pet dinosaur

@retoor at some point I would ask: What areas do you see that need improvement? If they cannot explain then they are full of shit.

@Demolishun it's just weird because they simply emply you're lying. It's rude as f

such a back-handed compliment.

Wow, you're actually smarter than you look.

@SidTheITGuy or they were hitting of them.

@Demolishun Idk I can see that statement as a compliment and insult at the same time.

I guess how it is said determines what it is.

@SidTheITGuy why the fuck is what I type different than what I intended to type? I keep coming back and I sound asian. I am using the wrong words.

should be: "hitting on them" doh

@Demolishun No problem. I understood what you meant to type the first time.

@SidTheITGuy It's not a compliment at all though? It's just "you seem inexperienced"

@jiraTicket You don't seem like it - but you do. hidden sentiment in that sentence makes it a compliment

@SidTheITGuy Oh I get it, didn't think it could be read two ways.

Positive: "I can tell you have X years of experience. yet you look so young, how is that possible? Amazing"

(I read it as the Negative: "You claim to have X years of experience, but you suck.")

Great point. Really shows that it's possible they meant it as a compliment

I don’t see what’s positive about it, it’s still doubting her experience regardless and the interviewer is a straight up asshole who needs more experience in respect. He wants to make his little peepee look big by flaunting his sacred experience and will wonder why people hate his ass or want to work with him, let alone get candidates who want to

maybe you look young for your level of experience

Always ask for clarification.

As pointed out here, this could be interpreted in many ways.

If it's meant negatively, always ask for a more detailed input...

Simply for the reason of politics.

If someone can't reason nicely why they just hit you with a crowbar, it's a clear red flag of what you can expect in any negative situation.

Most likely you'll get thrown under the bus for anything that happens - whether it's your fault or not.

You dodged a bullet, keep applying and you’ll eventually end up with someone who respects you. Don’t let him keep you down, he’s garbage

"Well, you certainly didn't attain your position here on merit, now did you, you squirming bag of appetites. I'm concluding this interview; if I wanted to be treated like this I'd get married." SNAP

Fwiw I *have* used that line in interviews before, but very rarely (I think only twice.)

In both cases the candidate had clearly lied on their CV, and couldn't answer a single question, nor code a single line, of a language they claimed a decade of experience in. Kept wanting to answer in (irrelevant language X) instead. It's a polite way of saying "you've lied, and I've caught you, and I'm pissed you've wasted my time."

In any other context though, it's a completely unnecessary put down that should never be used.

I would get a second, trustworthy opinion before you come to any conclusions about your actual skill level…

@AlmondSauce yeah if someone says they have 10 years of JavaScript experience but don’t know what === means and how it differs from ==, what a promise is, const vs let, etc I would think they’re full of shit as well and “but I’m not good at memorizing syntax” won’t work lol.

if this was said by someone outside the team after a meeting: it's not a bad thing if they can't tell who's the senior.

In my team we've had seniors intentionally take a step back during meetings with external people to let the junior devs do more of the talking.

(Since we started feeling seniors took too much responsibility)