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It’s been a year ago today I got laid off. I have had a handful in interviews in the past year. The year before I had 5 interviews a week. I’m in Silicon Valley and a software engineer.
Even though June/July/August are dead months.
As for the sluggishness, I listened to an interesting podcast called Marketplace[0] last night that said, at least according to the latest jobs numbers, we’re now in what you’d call a “normal” pre-pandemic market. The thing is, the market has been crazy the last few years, and that makes the current state of things feel worse than it really is for some. I can’t decide if I agree or not. I’m seeing postings at my LOE, at least.
However, I think all of this is also heavily dependent on YOE and skill level. AI is a compounding factor that, in combination with the outsourcing, means that people with less work experience are probably having a harder time catching a break.
[0] https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/wheres-the-ai-...
LinkedIn and Indeed's job boards are filled with much more spam and seem to have much less reliable search tools.
LinkedIn has restricted the ability to browse who works for a company so I'm having trouble finding recruiters to contact directly.
AngelList no longer appears to be a way for job seekers to connect with startups. I have no idea what's going on with this one.
Is anyone else noticing this? Has anyone found better alternatives?
I am an SWE in the US. In 2022 on Linkedin I got messages from recruiters at Google, Amazon, Uber, and many other companies, large and small. I haven't gotten a message from any recruiter on Linkedin for over a year. Luckily I am working. One data point, but it fits with what I've been seeing and hearing from others.
US East Coast === Also Dead. edit: I'm a frontend focused JS/TS dev with 5 years experience and I was laid off at the end of May and never before has my anxiety been this high about landing another SWE role. At this point I've been heavily considering some sort of "hold over job" just to keep the lights on and keep me from going crazy, but I'm hoping I don't have to go down that route.
What industries/verticals are you looking in?
If I get laid off, I'm going to see about a career change. These threads invoke too much anxiety for me.
About 15 years ago, I went into tech to pay for kids in the city.
To some extent most of the jobs I find in tech seem to me to be societal busy work. And the people that make those jobs seem to take themselves a bit too seriously.
I’m considering moving back to trades work instead of finding another infra job.
I’ve had time to get my stuff sorted and looking at journey man level salaries I’m not making too much more in tech any more.
I’m not really sure I want to keep going in tech at this point.
My advice is build your network. If you haven't already start now. It's how I landed my job.
I have competing offers from multiple companies right now. Everything will be highly dependent on what industry you’re looking at and your skill set and experience.
I noticed people who were getting offers + interviews had work exp in big tech.
Also, could you elaborate on your back grounds + years of exp? Would be helpful info.
Luckily I landed a great job in late June, but it took 60+ applications and countless interviews.