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Giant ass red flag.
OTOH: I’m getting more attention than I was in 2001-2.
I have seen a recent uptick in body-shop recruiters reaching out with low-grade jobs. Annoyingly, this recent batch seems keen to use SMS to reach me instead of traditional Email. I have started to put feelers out for a change of scenery, but nothing is landing yet. It feels like the first dotcom bust all over again.
Curious to know what others are doing... esp. if anyone actually replied to see what these folks' "angle" is.
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.
I have seen a recent uptick in body-shop recruiters reaching out with low-grade jobs. Annoyingly, this recent batch seems keen to use SMS to reach me instead of traditional Email. I have started to put feelers out for a change of scenery, but nothing is landing yet. It feels like the first dotcom bust all over again.
How do you deal with this particular kind of spam? I ignore and block the number. Curious to know what others are doing... esp. if anyone actually replied to see what these folks' "angle" is.
I should block those old addresses, and that was the implicit threat on my CV coversheet, but I haven't bothered to do it yet.
It seems most of the recruiters bought my Email from dice.com, since that corresponds to when I used the earliest email addy. I'd say I'm boycotting Dice in response (and I sorta am), but I don't think dice has been relevant in an age, so it's sort of a toothless oath. :D
The SMS are pernicious and awful. I usually drop a rude remark to them before reporting them as spam. Phone interruptions are 100x more focus-destroying than emails, and I have been forced to put my phone on do-not-disturb during the workday, and I hate it. I feel victimized by these shops.
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.
Do you happen to have past experience from a FAANG and/or Brand Name Big Tech? 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.
Almost 20 years startup experience.
Sorry don’t want to give more detail than that.
I've been a software dev for almost three decades and manager the last few years of it. I've been looking for work for over 6 months. Granted, I'm trying to move back to SWE work but have been somewhat opeN to EM work. Finding work is harder than 2008 and even harder than 2001. It's as bad as tech has ever seen. For EMs, middle management is always the first to get culled. That was me. And there are about 10% or less…
I bet they do, but when you get engaged again in SWE, I bet it haunts you still. I am thankfully employed and hoping to stay that way and ride out my final career years in my current org. Similarly I have been in tech nearing four decades but over the last 10 years made a conscious effort to exit technology management (was tired of managing people and all the BS that means) and moved into product management which I personally enjoy more.
I am often asked why I don’t show more ambition to lead people because of my past experience. Well, it’s because of my past experience.
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That's kind of crazy to me.. what kinda of skillset/experience do you have? I'm still getting regular recruiter spam here in The Netherlands. Even though June/July/August are dead months.
# Anthony Ettinger - ettinger@gmail.com, +14086562473 - Location: Los Gatos, CA USA, US Citizen (Native English speaker) ## Executive Summary Contractor @ Profullstack: I'm looking for fullstack javascript remote roles or technical co-founder (ISTP-T) with an interest in leading engineering teams. ## Work Experience #### Tomahawk Edison Sciences Inc. | Remote (Engineering Lead, Commercial Solutions, Apr 2024 - Presen…
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That seems like a separate topic.
It's kind of moot anyways, neither side is advocating for deflation. The 2022 inflation is baked into prices now and it's never coming out unless something really bad happens to the economy. Economists are kind of mixed on whether deflation is really bad. Periods of deflation in the past have always occurred during really rough economic times. Was the deflation cause or effect? It's hard to tell, but those times were…
Okay, but you brought up how Trump/Vance would increase inflation. It's already increased under Biden/Harris, unlike Trump/Pence, so now it's moot?
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It's kind of moot anyways, neither side is advocating for deflation. The 2022 inflation is baked into prices now and it's never coming out unless something really bad happens to the economy. Economists are kind of mixed on whether deflation is really bad. Periods of deflation in the past have always occurred during really rough economic times. Was the deflation cause or effect? It's hard to tell, but those times were…
> It's kind of moot anyways, neither side is advocating for deflation Okay, but you brought up how Trump/Vance would increase inflation. It's already increased under Biden/Harris, unlike Trump/Pence, so now it's moot?