It appears I wrote a tweet that would make a great question on the TOEFL. I believe most native and fluent English speakers would properly parse this without much thought, but evidently many account managers for offshore development teams thought I was looking for a developer.https://twitter.com/andrewculver/status/1133470989109649408 …
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I think you’re probably right among the general population, but I‘d like to think that among native speakers in our industry it would be a little higher.
However, I did go back and try to understand how it could be so broadly misinterpreted, and I was immediately sympathetic. -
I've experienced this exact same phenomenon. Me: "Hey friends, I'm looking for Rails work." Them: "Hey, you need to hire a Rails developer??" I think people just don't read very carefully.
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Agree its a very tonal statement. Should have added "are" to the start of the sentence. Tonally would have been unambiguous IRL
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My guess is there's automation afoot here too
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* find new people to play DnD with
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