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Not good at all... I have about 20 years in the industry, I've submitted ~60 online applications over the last 16 days and have received ~15 rejections (with one arriving nearly instantaneously)!
higher wage expectations and lower tolerance for BS.
companies know this.
I find myself wondering if my email is broken. Which is to say I get very little reply. Compare this to a year ago when I got a reply to almost every application I sent out. I'm kind of kicking myself for being so picky; I haven't had a job in a few years and running out of money (I was never that well-off, but coming from a working-class background I don't live an expensive life). I've had a few bad experiences and…
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That sounds great as long as I dont have to do a seniors job. Less responsibility is fine by me!
Rarely does it shake out that way - it is usually the other way! More responsibility ("you'll need to grow into the role, or work hard to be promoted") and less pay :)
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Hopefully the 20 YOE isn't scaring anyone off. I truly see it as a benefit and would say that I'm in the prime of my capabilities so far. I'm looking for a FT remote position (as I'm based in central PA). I've previously worked in the NYC area for about 10 years and prior to that was a traveling consultant at IBM. Some of the positions have received quite a few resumes. Others have not or were applied to outside of L…
At this point, I’m convinced remote is a dying fad, and will fade into something that’s more of a rare perk (I worked remote prior to the the whole Covid debacle, but only ever once). When I go to look at jobs, and I put on the remote filter, it significantly decreases options. For example at the current moment if I look at jobs on LinkedIn with the search I’ve been using that have been posted within the last day, I…
I do think remote was a "fad" to some degree, people were ushering in a "new era of work that will forever change things", and that clearly wasn't going to happen. While I do really like remote work, it's not without its downsides, both for employees and employers. I think almost everyone who worked remote before COVID realized this.
That said, certainly for software development, I don't think remote work is going away. It existed before COVID and will exist after COVID, and in that sense it's not a "fad". I also think software dev is the best example of where remote works well because fundamentally it's an individual activity, and it's also an activity where I feel text communication often works better than verbal communication (although verbal still has value, of course).
Fucked. Trying to break into the industry, hundreds of applications over the past year, few interviews. I'm 30, and apparently that's already really old for software, so I'm not sure I'll ever be getting in.
That said, it looks like your timing isn't the best :-(
I can't give you any more concrete advice based on this, and it may also depend on where you live, but you're welcome to email me your CV and I can take a look if there's something that you can improve (email in profile).
Bleak.
Almost 10 YOE on top of a MSc, looking for remote roles mainly in Europe. Looking for work for the past few weeks, sent out close to 500 applications. I heard back from maybe 20 companies, 10 won't hire remotely (anymore?) and asked if I'd relocate, 2 progressed to multiple interview before rejecting me without any reasons stated, and have an ongoing process with another 4-5. All salaries I'm looking at are way lower…
Almost 10 YOE on top of a MSc, looking for remote roles mainly in Europe. Looking for work for the past few weeks, sent out close to 500 applications. I heard back from maybe 20 companies, 10 won't hire remotely (anymore?) and asked if I'd relocate, 2 progressed to multiple interview before rejecting me without any reasons stated, and have an ongoing process with another 4-5. All salaries I'm looking at are way lower…
Good luck. Are you interested only in remote? Lots of companies are doing the hybrid thing, in EU, and won't accept fully remote anymore.
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They want senior+ who are <35yo, but then when they interview the 35yo for a senior position, they give them an offer for a non-senior role so they can pay them less.
I thought you didn’t need to disclose your age when applying in Australia?
Very very hard going for me. I have nearly 10 years of experience but only got one interview, and when the topic of money came up 70k was deemed much too high. I got no further contact from that company.
What currency/location is that? What do you think is the reason for getting no job interviews?