To be honest pretty good. But I made the transition from employee to being an independent contractor just before the market turned around. Now a new project is just a few emails away, because I have quite a bit of clients in my network for whom I already completed a lot of work. But its all temporary (but still enough to fill 6-12 months at any given moment).
Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
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Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
#62(Aus) Going poorly for me. Started my current job a year or so ago, been looking to leave since. Probably into the 100s of applications in the last 12 months now; I will apply for most anything with a tech fit even if (for e.g.) a role requires on-site that I'm not interested in, just to try and get a feel for the market by whether or not I get at least a screening call. I've had 2 final stage interviews: knocked bac…
Same location, similar situation. I thought it was just me. At least twenty recruiters on my LinkedIn list, and not a peep since I toggled my 'Open to work' status weeks ago. Used to receive a fairly consistent stream of messages when I wasn't ready.
Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
#63A counter balance: Mine has been fine. I spent 6 years at Meta and was laid off. I found a better paying position and started last month. I interviewed everywhere. Google was a tough slog, I had 3 recruiters laid off while I was team matching. I'm on my 4th recruiter there, but I don't think they can match my current TC and I very much enjoy my current job.
What features about your profile or approach do you think made your experience more reasonable compared to the overwhelming negative consensus here?
Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
#64Really, really, really bad. I'm a full stack engineer. I took part of the last 4 years "off" due to having savings and finally settling down to pursue my own SaaS attempt. I've been back in the job market since the beginning of the year. I've probably sent out well over a hundred resumes (definitely over this number since I was keeping track until recently). I had a brief respite when I picked up a temp contract but…
Is location a factor in your search. I'm seeing some openings around bay area but all remote opportunities have dried up.
Nah. I live in SF. I'm fine with going to an office. I'm fine with anything at this point.
Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
#65Pretty bad. I’ve got a lot of experience as an IC, manager, and leader, and it doesn’t seem to matter; companies seem much more picky (“you were great but we want someone with more tenure in ”) or wedded to cargo cult methods (the leetcode places). I haven’t extensively tapped my network for referrals, but I get a bad vibe from those, too. I’ve hit up about six folks and they all came back empty - no opportunities, e…
I like the idea of a resume canary. Can you share the gist of it?
Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
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#67It is taking a while for me. Seemingly lots of jobs out there and I have been interviewing constantly. I've had four final stage interviews and rejected for all of them. I have more screeners lined up, and one promising prospect that is taking a long time. I'm told that everyone is at a summit which is what is slowing down the process. I get a lot of 3rd party recruiters that seem to follow a similar MO: the recruite…
Im glad I answered such messages from such a type of recruiter. I work at amazing place because I did and yet I put them through the ringer to prove to me they were legit. Sorta feel bad some for doing that but protecting myself according then and still now (they did say they wouldn't pay me until 30 days which is how i am pay six years later). As if any recruiter came to me asking for my social ... asking for money…
Did you get any insight into how and why these recruiters operate? The parent comment makes it sound liked it's all about contacting, but you got a full-time position. What's up with that?
Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
#68Sorry to hear a lot of people are having a difficult time. Let's face it, LinkedIn won [1]. Go ahead and create an account and contact a recruiter. It's the only way that has worked for me in the past several years.
Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
#69A counter balance: Mine has been fine. I spent 6 years at Meta and was laid off. I found a better paying position and started last month. I interviewed everywhere. Google was a tough slog, I had 3 recruiters laid off while I was team matching. I'm on my 4th recruiter there, but I don't think they can match my current TC and I very much enjoy my current job.
What features about your profile or approach do you think made your experience more reasonable compared to the overwhelming negative consensus here?
I don't know. Most people on HN are in some dimension, at least, qualified for FAANG or better. I have 6 yoe with quite a bit of impact and I've crossed many domains. I've received quite a few offers over the past year but I've also received my fair share of rejections. I just go through the rejections (it's like dating, and heck I've been through rejection there too).
I leetcode daily and have a system design study group. I'm honest in interviews, whether that be about a bad decision I've made or a good one. If an interviewer doesn't want me after I've been honest with them, it probably wasn't a good fit anyway.
Re: Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
#70Not really good. I quit my FAANG job just before the layoffs started (If only I had known...) to pursue a SaaS project. I was the top performer in the team back then. I recently reached out to my manager about getting back into the team but the hiring freeze is still very much ongoing and going to last atleast 6 more months based on his feedback.