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Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

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Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

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Post by fnbr »

lettergram wrote: post #52
fnbr wrote: post #31

I work as an AI research engineer, so I’m having a totally different experience than the others I’m seeing here. Job market is very very strong for senior AI roles. Multiple offers that were >2x what I was making at a BigTech research lab (depending on how you value the equity). Interview process was much easier than I was expecting- mostly situational interviews (although I was referred in for those). Having said th…

LLMs have been interesting - I need to update my resume to focus on it. I have experience working on models like that since 2018 and are frankly less interesting than some alternatives (to me). My guess is a lot of companies / hiring managers are searching for key terms. Screening is likely not from people who know what they’re talking about

Yeah, it was dumb. One company gave me an offer to lead engineering for their LLM team and another wouldn’t even interview me because I didn’t have any LLM experience.

Clearly one of them was wrong.

Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

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Post by vineyardmike »

shrimp_emoji wrote: post #60
throwaway5959 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously. How has someone not gotten high at least once in their life?

I've been too socially inept to know how to get some and would probably be too scared to do it even if I got some. I took DARE and I've seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

So not that it really matters, and not that you have to consume drugs you don't want to, but its legal in a huge chunk of the US now (assuming you're in the US since you took DARE). It's very likely that you're withing driving distance of a legal store - where you can just buy it like any other product. Even more likely that you'll vacation somewhere its legal otherwise.

Cannabis specifically is a very easy drug to try for two reasons- the dispensaries usually cater to first timers, and it's a pretty "low intensity" drug in normal doses. The dispensaries that sell it know that a huge chunk of the population isn't familiar, and its pretty standard to ask an employee "I've never tried this before, what do I do, what should I buy, and what should I know going into this" and they'll be super helpful and give you solid advice. It's their job, and they're prepared for it. If you asked someone at a liquor store how to prepare to drink for the first time they'd laugh or roll their eyes - and this is nothing like that.

Don't feel pressured to do drugs if you don't want, but don't feel scared. That goes for anyone on the internet reading this - don't feel scared, go into the store and try to learn if you're curious, but don't feel pressured to partake.

Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

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Post by KerrAvon »

vineyardmike wrote: post #82
shrimp_emoji wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been too socially inept to know how to get some and would probably be too scared to do it even if I got some. I took DARE and I've seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

So not that it really matters, and not that you have to consume drugs you don't want to, but its legal in a huge chunk of the US now (assuming you're in the US since you took DARE). It's very likely that you're withing driving distance of a legal store - where you can just buy it like any other product. Even more likely that you'll vacation somewhere its legal otherwise. Cannabis specifically is a very easy drug to t…

Counterpoint: be a little scared. Mild curiosity is not a good reason to try cannabis. (1) Some people are more sensitive than others to THC, and, worst case, you can end up hospitalized. (2) Smoking anything is bad for your lungs.

If you really want to do it, try low grade edibles; do it in the presence of a friend so they can get you medical help if you need it. Only a small number of people will have a problem, but don’t take stupid chances with your body and mind, people.

Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

#85

Post by [deleted] »

iaaan wrote: post #51

I was laid off about a month ago (senior software engineer). I remember the whole job search for my last position, back in June 2021, lasted all of about two weeks. This time, it feels like there's significantly fewer interesting positions open, and the ones I apply to aren't even leading to HR screening calls. I've probably applied to about 30 positions. The one place that did call me back gave me their take-home co…

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Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

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Post by runnerup »

Laid off in October. Was making $130k as a mid-career embedded/C++/Python guy in LCOL USA. Supposed to start new job this Monday for $80k as an IT backend Java software developer at a University.

Been a very, very rough few months. The new pay will be difficult to service my debt properly.

Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

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Post by bigiain »

fnbr wrote: post #31

I work as an AI research engineer, so I’m having a totally different experience than the others I’m seeing here. Job market is very very strong for senior AI roles. Multiple offers that were >2x what I was making at a BigTech research lab (depending on how you value the equity). Interview process was much easier than I was expecting- mostly situational interviews (although I was referred in for those). Having said th…

> depending on how you value the equity

Zero.

Value the equity at zero.

Or at most value it like a lottery ticket - something that lets you amuse yourself dreaming about what you’ll do when you “win”.

But make all your ongoing plans assuming they equity will be worth zero. Either because the startup fails, or because you get screwed out of any payout by the founders or board, or by future investors insisting on deals where early employee equity gets diluted and preferenced down to zero. Or even occasionally because they intentionally never have a liquidity event and stay private with no available way to monetise your shares. Those, or exits where employees make at most “new car” money not “fuck you” money, are by far the most common.

Do a startup if you want, they can be amazing ways to gain an incredible amount of experience to add to your resume in a short time, they can be a great fun work style at least for a while, they can be great at finding out who amongst your co workers are genuinely super talented and productive people and building networks with them.

But don’t fall for the “yeah, we’re paying well below market, but look at how generous our option grants are!” snake oil recruitment pitches…

Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

#88

Post by SoftTalker »

throwaway5959 wrote: post #42
hiddencost wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Um, I just wanted to let you know that I had never considered that anyone didn't know that slang. So, thank you for that data point. There's such a big world out there!

Seriously. How has someone not gotten high at least once in their life?

I haven’t. I drink socially, but never used anything else. But that said, I knew what “baked” meant in that context.

Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

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Post by bosch_mind »

monero-xmr wrote: post #11

As a CTO the number of unsolicited inbound emails from recruiters with fawning profiles of potential candidates is not like anything I have seen before. I think it’s a signal that very highly paid engineering leaders are not able to find jobs like they had before easily.

Think it’ll change at some point?

Re: Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?

#90

Post by bigiain »

fnbr wrote: post #81
lettergram wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LLMs have been interesting - I need to update my resume to focus on it. I have experience working on models like that since 2018 and are frankly less interesting than some alternatives (to me). My guess is a lot of companies / hiring managers are searching for key terms. Screening is likely not from people who know what they’re talking about

Yeah, it was dumb. One company gave me an offer to lead engineering for their LLM team and another wouldn’t even interview me because I didn’t have any LLM experience. Clearly one of them was wrong.

Obviously there’s a profitable side hustle here.

Train yourself an LLM on resumes that land interviews and offers, and sell access to it…

:-)

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