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Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

sublinear wrote: post #62

40acres wrote: post #50

I was laid off in November. I've applied to dozens, probably hundreds of jobs. I've had two interviews (one bigtechco) and a YC startup. Both did not work out as they went with more senior candidates. I decided to take a different approach and tailor my resume to each job and narrow the types of jobs I applied too. This has led to an increase in recruiter calls and I'm setting up interviews now. However it does seem…

> we don't know HC yet It's always been like this. Most businesses have permanently listed "openings" that don't necessarily mean they're hiring.

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Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

exitb wrote: post #78

jaxomlotus wrote: post #66

Here's the flip side: I was hiring (at a stealth vc-funded startup). I reached out to every designer and coder laid off from Twitter and Amazon (one of my investors sent me a spreadsheet that those laid off folks added their contact info to). I didn't receive a single interested response to my reach outs. Now granted, I'm sure they were bombarded with lots of startup offers and being picky what company/stage they wer…

I just want to point out that it’s quite horrible that this sort of lists are floating around. EDIT: As other commenters are pointing out, this appears to be a list of voluntarily added people. In such case the lack of replies is indeed puzzling.

> that those laid off folks added their contact info to

Hopefully that's actually true but, regardless, it seems to be what's believed. If it is true, it's reasonable to assume they knew what the list would be.

Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by gowld » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:47 PM UTC

jaxomlotus wrote: post #66

Here's the flip side: I was hiring (at a stealth vc-funded startup). I reached out to every designer and coder laid off from Twitter and Amazon (one of my investors sent me a spreadsheet that those laid off folks added their contact info to). I didn't receive a single interested response to my reach outs. Now granted, I'm sure they were bombarded with lots of startup offers and being picky what company/stage they wer…

> stealth vc-funded startup

If I just got laid off, I might not want to take another huge gamble like this.

Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by didip » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:47 PM UTC

exitb wrote: post #78

jaxomlotus wrote: post #66

Here's the flip side: I was hiring (at a stealth vc-funded startup). I reached out to every designer and coder laid off from Twitter and Amazon (one of my investors sent me a spreadsheet that those laid off folks added their contact info to). I didn't receive a single interested response to my reach outs. Now granted, I'm sure they were bombarded with lots of startup offers and being picky what company/stage they wer…

I just want to point out that it’s quite horrible that this sort of lists are floating around. EDIT: As other commenters are pointing out, this appears to be a list of voluntarily added people. In such case the lack of replies is indeed puzzling.

There is a list that can be bought for literally anything you can imagine.

Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by patricklorio » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:47 PM UTC

exitb wrote: post #78

jaxomlotus wrote: post #66

Here's the flip side: I was hiring (at a stealth vc-funded startup). I reached out to every designer and coder laid off from Twitter and Amazon (one of my investors sent me a spreadsheet that those laid off folks added their contact info to). I didn't receive a single interested response to my reach outs. Now granted, I'm sure they were bombarded with lots of startup offers and being picky what company/stage they wer…

I just want to point out that it’s quite horrible that this sort of lists are floating around. EDIT: As other commenters are pointing out, this appears to be a list of voluntarily added people. In such case the lack of replies is indeed puzzling.

why?

> that those laid off folks added their contact info to

They seem to have added their info to the list for it to be floated around.

Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by HarryHirsch » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:47 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #69

latchkey wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by malacola » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:48 PM UTC

sublinear wrote: post #62

40acres wrote: post #50

I was laid off in November. I've applied to dozens, probably hundreds of jobs. I've had two interviews (one bigtechco) and a YC startup. Both did not work out as they went with more senior candidates. I decided to take a different approach and tailor my resume to each job and narrow the types of jobs I applied too. This has led to an increase in recruiter calls and I'm setting up interviews now. However it does seem…

> we don't know HC yet It's always been like this. Most businesses have permanently listed "openings" that don't necessarily mean they're hiring.

Gotten fooled by this at least twice now, beware - companies with these “roles” will take you through their entire 5 week interview funnel and drop you at the very last stage if you’re not 10x enough to be worth pulling head count out of thin air. What a waste of time.

Always try and find out if the role they’re hiring for is an actual role they have a vested interest in filling and not just a generic “statement of interest”.

Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by dangwhy » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:48 PM UTC

Jommi wrote: post #38

We're hiring at our company. We've had a lot of people come through from the recent waves of layoffs, and usually so far there has been a mix of too high expectations, remote work mismatches as well as just lots of people not making the bar (we are a small company). Still on the lookout for senior rust engineers who want to work at a company that's remote-first with a minimal-meetings culture. You can message me on t…

> lookout for senior rust engineers

Interesting how companies have trouble hiring for hyper specific tech that they might abandon in a few years. Then what happens to these "rust engineers", do they get laidoff for the next hiring of "X engineers".

Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by Syntonicles » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:48 PM UTC

moffkalast wrote: post #45

bugbuddy wrote: post #17

I was a senior dev at a big tech and got laid off in November. I have applied to hundreds of places. Not a lot of responses. I have been doing interview preps the whole time. It has been very demoralizing and I am thinking of switching careers to something else. I have been considering skilled trades. I like carpentry in particular.

Every programmer eventually becomes a woodworker, whether they like it or not.

If this is a joke, it's gone over my head. What are you saying?

Re: Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?

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Post by dixie_land » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

jaxomlotus wrote: post #66

Here's the flip side: I was hiring (at a stealth vc-funded startup). I reached out to every designer and coder laid off from Twitter and Amazon (one of my investors sent me a spreadsheet that those laid off folks added their contact info to). I didn't receive a single interested response to my reach outs. Now granted, I'm sure they were bombarded with lots of startup offers and being picky what company/stage they wer…

My observation is that recent layoffs affect engineers with different seniority very differently.

Senior devs I know who got laid off are just enjoying their time off (with pay! if you consider the severance) after the rocketing market in 2021 (and maybe even H1 22) made them whole and financially secure. And they won't be entertaining a startup unless significant equity or big leveling up (eg Principal or Director).

On the other hand, fresh grads who got laid off are in such a panic mode (esp those on visa) they'd be willing to take anything.