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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 »

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 that, many places refused to interview me because I didn’t have experience with LLMs. I was surprised how strict some places were with experience requirements.

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

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Post by hiddencost »

coolspot wrote: post #20
dboreham wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Urban dictionary was handy for that one.

I also didn’t know that. For others like us: > get baked > Smoking a larger than normal quantity of marijuana, usually resulting in a good few hours of laziness, desire to eat fast food (or junk food) and/or fall asleep.

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!

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

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Post by synergy20 »

jnwatson wrote: post #19
synergy20 wrote: post #10

people i knew got one or two years contractor with 10% more pay increase right away, i was offered more than that for two year contractor at meta twice so far but i prefer staying at where i am. we are all decades experience in embedded system,this field seems to be more aging proof? i am not sure.

Embedded took a huge hit recently. Google and Amazon uninvested significantly in IoT.

embedded is more than IoT though, I don't know how many embedded engineers Google has, seems not a lot as its consumer hardware are probably outsourced. Amazon does make it own devices and have quite a lot embedded engineers, from my circle, not a single engineer was let go so far, and I know more than 10 of them in various locations and departments.

problem with embedded is that it was paid less than SWEs, maybe that's another reason it's "easier" to have jobs.

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

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Post by sebmellen »

h0l0cube wrote: post #6
bosch_mind wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hang in there. I’d say your experience is pretty good. Maybe try AB testing your resume structure and wording, improving social media, etc.

Whenever I've seen a situation with low supply/high demand, networks trump credentials

For me, when hiring someone, I want to have a track record with them. Having known them over a long period of time helps me be less guarded and more sure of their intentions.

This also applies if the person is a friend of a friend — building a “network” just means knowing people who can vouch for you as a valuable and trustworthy person.

The ability to build relationships and be stable over time is a merit.

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

#38

Post by betaby »

jp57 wrote: post #24
jurassic wrote: post #23

It's like night and day from a year ago. I've known some very high quality people who had to do 8 onsites to get one offer (and obviously a lot more applications, recruiter calls, and tech screens to get those opportunities). There are still jobs out there but companies know they can be very very picky right now and will reject you for the smallest reason.

Are the onsites actually on site?

Nope, "virtual on sites". Zoom call and codepen.

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

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Post by name-form »

sebmellen wrote: post #22
name-form wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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For me, when hiring someone, I want to have a track record with them. Having known them over a long period of time helps me be less guarded and more sure of their intentions. This also applies if the person is a friend of a friend — building a “network” just means knowing people who can vouch for you as a valuable and trustworthy person. The ability to build relationships and be stable over time is a merit.

So you hire people to pretend to be your friends. How do I leave this planet and your family and “friends” permanently on it?

I hate everything you stand for.

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

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Post by jfrbfbreudh »

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…

Are we talking 7 figure offers? I was under the impression that $500k packages were not uncommon for AI researchers at Google.
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