I think is really important to understand the reasons... too many ppl took IT college classes or simple bootcamps while economy is shrinking (too much offer), a lot of b2b visa workers are still in America (lower wedges), a strong senior with some chatgpt or copilot can do 3x juniors or medium work (less ppl needed) and ofc more and more managers pushing on IA to cut headcount to make $$$ bonuses....
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#23I think is really important to understand the reasons... too many ppl took IT college classes or simple bootcamps while economy is shrinking (too much offer), a lot of b2b visa workers are still in America (lower wedges), a strong senior with some chatgpt or copilot can do 3x juniors or medium work (less ppl needed) and ofc more and more managers pushing on IA to cut headcount to make $$$ bonuses....
I'm not sure the economy overall is shrinking, but there was massive over-hiring at the start of covid, and the inevitable right-sizing drops a lot of applicants onto the market at the same time.
Growing your own startup is hard. You need to find a small niche and fill it well. It takes lots of work, most of it not the fun stuff (programming) but the work stuff - sales and marketing.
The payoff (if successful) is getting off the job-hopping hamster wheel, and becomes less dependent on your employer liking you.
If you go this route I strongly recommend you stop coding and start selling. If you can't sell it then you're coding the wrong thing anyway.
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#24Graduated two months ago and still looking for something. Maybe 150 application in the last 6 months.
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#25I took off a year and a half for travel. Still did tech stuff during that time (woofing - helped some farms with websites and iot stuff) so my skills weren’t exactly languishing, but in the past four months of applying I’ve received one interview and it was for a role I applied to two years ago that had to take the posting down for a hiring freeze and only just recently got the go ahead to fill said position. So I’m…
I didn’t know they welcomed this sort of help! How was your experience?
Doing tech stuff while woofing? Mixed. I enjoyed the work and I had actually some nice facilities to work in, but some of the places I stayed were not great for interpersonal or health reasons. Some, on the other hand, were wonderful. It really depends on a variety of things. But yeah in south east Asia there are a lot of small businesses experimenting with diy tech that will offer room/board in exchange for leveraging some tech expertise. Also have seen (but not experienced) some in Europe.