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

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Post by anon8056 » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

gaws wrote: post #74

anon8056 wrote: post #28

Laid off from a US remote backend/data role in a large, FAANG-adjacent tech company in early January. I have always had a high callback rate with 20+ years of experience and a CS degree from a tier 1 university. This time, my only callbacks were through internal referrals from my network or introductions made through recruiters. I ended up with two offers by the end of January, one from a growing startup and the othe…

> I ended up with two offers by the end of January, one from a growing startup and the other from a mid-market company with a conservative business model. Given the slowdown in the market, I'm thankful to have found something so quickly. Which one offer did you take?

Call me crazy, but I went with the startup. It's been a while since I felt like my work had any real impact on the business and I thought it could at this startup, so I'm taking the risk.

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

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

kentosi wrote: post #53

New York here. Been just over 2 weeks since getting laid off. I'm getting calls from recruiters and have interviews lined up, but it's been tough.

That doesn't sound tough.

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

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

I just got back into the market after taking a hiatus to write a novel (finished it, deleted it afterward cus I'm not proud of it) and work on my music,(more success but I'm not good enough to think I can make a career out of it).

There's a definite hiring slowdown due to current market circumstances and the fact that "Senior" really doesn't mean what it used to, so there's a lot more competition for those roles now.

I'm guessing it will be less bad 2nd quarter, but prolly not back to, erm, "normal".

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

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Post by Bilal_io » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

candiddevmike wrote: post #37

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.

Did you give leetcode tests during interviews while you were working at big tech?

I see where this is going...

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

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Post by shyn3 » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

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.

March it heats up. Check your resume over. If I can get a job without any big tech you will be fine. Make your resume focus on numbers and maybe have someone review it for free.

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

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Post by nsenifty » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

I was a Staff-level engineer that a BigCo@Bay area laid off in November. My network immediately went into overdrive connecting me with great opportunities, which I am VERY thankful for. Got in pipeline for 7 companies, interviewed for 4 roles, got 3 offers (two startups and one public company), declined the other 3 interviews and decided to take the public company offer.

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

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Post by webosdude » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

I’m based in SF Bay Area and I was laid off from my Engineering Management position in October. I had MAANG offer at the time which took about 2-3 months when the process started in July. But as they started reviewing budgets it was cancelled even though Recruiter verbally agreed on the number. Then I interviewed with several companies in Oct-Dec. One startup was willing to proceed with VP/Director level offer but the President said he needs to wait until January to get it approved from the board. But they never got back to me. The interviews dried up since mid-Dec and I am still looking. I’m also on H1B so that makes it more challenging.

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

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Post by Apocryphon » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:52 PM UTC

barbazoo wrote: post #75

moffkalast wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Some of them become blacksmiths as I recently learned.

Wonder how hard it is to get started with glassblowing

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

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Post by gruffin » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:52 PM UTC

the_only_law wrote: post #4

Not a single interview so far since a November (albeit I paused looking around the holidays figuring it was out less but didn’t get started again till a bit into January. Going to attempt to pay for a resume rewrite and see if it helps any.

I've done a lot of hiring. Happy to give thoughts on your resume if you want (for free).

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

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Post by shyn3 » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

the_only_law wrote: post #4

Not a single interview so far since a November (albeit I paused looking around the holidays figuring it was out less but didn’t get started again till a bit into January. Going to attempt to pay for a resume rewrite and see if it helps any.

Feed your resume into chat gpt3. Make your resume focus on numbers. Reach out to recruiters and ask for help. Try informal interviews with a corporation you like.

If you have money, find a career coach with a big network.