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Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by optimalsolver »

raverbashing wrote: post #76
RomanPushkin wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being in a major corporation sometimes can play against you: - I see a couple of corporations on your resume, do you have experience working in a startup environment? - ... If you have Blind app access, try to search for "I really thought after Google, I should be employable" post

> "I really thought after Google, I should be employable" Well, I can see the employer side as well "After Google" you'll complain about the lack of chef on site, about how the automation tools are not quite like how it was in Google, how "oh in G we used to do that differently" etc

"Former Twitter Employee Can't Seem To Find Meditation Room At New Taco Bell Job"

https://babylonbee.com/news/former-twitter-employee-cant-see...

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by ben_w »

bogota wrote: post #55
5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

blind is the most obnoxiously insufferable community. i'm glad they're not employable! TC 0. how's that.

I don’t wish TC 0 on anyone but Blind has to be one of the most toxic communities. I spent a few months on it when working at a FANG adjacent company and after seeing people personally calling out managers and just generally any visible person I stopped using it.

What does "TC 0" mean? I only found (three types of) complexity classification, which clearly doesn't match the context…

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by throwaway14142 »

I tried advertising as a consultancy, after an exceptional career in tech.

* Client emails me asking if I can help with his site. I respond. He asks for more details. I respond. He provides a website with an MLM video on how to "be your own boss and sell a product that sells itself". I was talking to a bot.

* Try upwork. Spend all day to send 15 proposals, get 3 views, no replies. Upwork wants me to pay money monthly for more "connect" points. Looks like you need to do work for nearly free to get ratings, and you're heavily competing with offshore. close tab ... Try fiverr. Get no messages.

* Startup with revenue contacts me, shows me their business, discusses their problems, seems very interested in hiring. Offers $20 - $30 an hour for Cloud security work; software engineering, seems price sensitive to the extreme, doesn't seem to want want to pay for any time spent reviewing docs/analysis, only wants to pay for the execution time. Say no. Guy keeps calling. Guy agrees to higher rate for a tiny amount of hours to be done next-day. Guy doesn't give access, asks to review more stuff. Wasted many hours for no money.

Lesson learned, try to find a fast growing company and stay away from people that sound like they would negotiate on the price of corn kernels in the back alley of aldi

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by mongol »

ivolimmen wrote: post #122

I know this is completely off-topic but I am Dutch and never MET anyone that was laid off. Non of my friends, family and even colleague's (and I work in IT-consultancy so I see loads of people). How common is this in America? Is it normal that in your career your are fired at least once?

How old are you? That sounds unusual to be honest, to not even have met someone. I am from Sweden, I have been fired even though there are strong labour protections here. Fired probably the wrong word, made redundant probably more accurate. It happened during the dotcom-bubble in 2001. It comes and goes in periods but I think most people go through life without being fired.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by bambataa »

tap-snap-or-nap wrote: post #72
5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #41

FED is finished . i would suggest moving into something with higher barrier to entry. last 4 FED my company hired are ex-sales/ex-whatever bootcampers (yes my company is cheap). remote working is the final nail. still few good FED jobs but you have 10,000s expert leetcoders fired by faang to compete.

I am amazed people are still getting jobs as FED

Why are you amazed? There are many complex front ends out there.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by SillyUsername »

SillyUsername wrote: post #137
iExploder wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

as a rule of thumb I ignore all UK agents, they have the attention span of a coked up butterfly. from my experience they try extract as much information out of you (your salary, last company, are they hiring, give me phone number to their manager or hr) and never call even if they scheduled a call. they never update you if the role you applied for have been filled in meantime, you simply get ghosted and your email ge…

Recruiters usually just pay lip service and pretend to send your CV through. They data mine and will have already put people forward at jobs you think you're applying to. About 30-50% of the time your CV won't be sent immediately, if at all, until their other candidate is rejected and I have (personal) evidence of this. The reason for this is 2 fold: 1. They directly stop you competing with their current candidate, w…

I forgot to add, I rarely use recruiters now unless they seem genuine and want to talk at length including giving you contact names at the company "the manager Fred Bloggs is usually...". I wait for companies' in-house HR on LinkedIn to contact me or contact them directly if they advertise.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by lrem »

sosodev wrote: post #60
scelerat wrote: post #25

Same here. 22 years experience full stack; leadership roles. Can't get an interview. Taking an ML class. I think telling some recruiters I had a baby on the way was a mistake.

You’re struggling with 22 YOE? That’s unfathomable to me

Possibly the ageism in our profession is not only a myth?

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by ricardobayes »

firefoxd wrote: post #63

I hate to say this, stop applying. Find a recruiter on LinkedIn. This is what it has come to. There are thousands of resumes being sent at my company, yet the recruiter can't find anyone. Why? Because no one is applying through her link. The regular resume channel is reserved for bots at this point. Contact a person and you have more chances.

So true, if you are applying through a webform or an email address, chances are, your application is never even going to reach human eyeballs.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by mrcnkoba »

SCUSKU wrote: post #101

I was laid off in August 2022, and it took me 6 months to find a new job. I was able to land a decent number of interviews but I interviewed poorly and didn't get any offers. Doing interview prep actually helped a lot -- now having been on the other side it is very apparent when someone hasn't prepared and practiced interviewing. It really is a skill in and of itself. I found my current job through the January HN Who…

Could you describe the process of learning the skill of being interviewed?
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