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Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by alexfromapex »

8b16380d wrote: post #5

It's below average. I am not really hard-pressed to make a job change, but I have been interviewing a bit over the past few months. If you are really in need of a job I would study up on system design, behavioral interview patterns and a bit of leetcode-style programming problems. From my experience, employers are being very very picky. I have been through full rounds at a couple of places with positive feedback, but…

Make sure to leave Glassdoor reviews for them. I feel like these “picky” places have nefarious intentions by being so quick to dismiss candidates. They are probably trying to overwork their current staff but make it seem like help is on the way or resume farming for market data. Being clueless about hiring is another potential reason but there’s no excuse for the level of circus monkeying they’re expecting unless they’re just pretentious.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by rasulkireev »

confidantlake wrote: post #17
rasulkireev wrote: post #4

Try using TJ Alerts[0]. Created it specifically for this use case. It's free. Has a bunch of cool filters and sorts (+ semantic search). Would love to hear your opinion. Will try to make it paid soon. [0]: https://gettjalerts.com

Some thing to consider is make the tags case insensitive and just better. For example if I am trying to find Typescript roles there are tags for "Typescript", "TypeScript", "typescript", "TypeScript/JavaScript", "JavaScript/TypeScript", "Javascript/Typescript" and it goes on and on.

This has been a problem i saw from the day i deployed the app. This will be a major focus for the next round of fixes! thanks for mentioning this.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by jason2323 »

geuis wrote: post #14

I've been looking for most of the past year. My back is against the wall. I've applied to more companies than I can keep track of. I've exhausted my savings. Friends and family have already helped as much as they can. I'm days away from having some life changing situational events happen. I've recently seen a small uptick in interviews, but over the last year almost nothing has moved past the initial call/zoom meetin…

Stories like yours absolutely kill me and I feel so much anger toward the management class that thought it would be a good idea to overhire to such an extent and cut us off like it doesn't matter. I know this is unpopular on HN, but I have never felt more cynical about founders than I have as of late. Almost every founder i've spoken too seems to be drinking from the same jar of koolaid and thinks of workers as dispensable resources that can be let go off in a moments notice. I hate that this is what we've come to.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by altdataseller »

geuis wrote: post #14

I've been looking for most of the past year. My back is against the wall. I've applied to more companies than I can keep track of. I've exhausted my savings. Friends and family have already helped as much as they can. I'm days away from having some life changing situational events happen. I've recently seen a small uptick in interviews, but over the last year almost nothing has moved past the initial call/zoom meetin…

What city are you looking for roles in?

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by idontwantthis »

VoodooJuJu wrote: post #3

It's grim seeing seniors struggling to get jobs. As a junior, I'm eagerly awaiting my cue to start applying again. That is, once the deluge of threads about struggling seniors abates, which has been happening for quite a while and doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. I hope you guys make it, because if you can't, that means I definitely can't.

Please do not take the internet so seriously.

You would be a fool to “await your cue” just because of scary stories. As a junior you can start anywhere.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by ehto »

distortionfield wrote: post #10
Darmody wrote: post #2

Not as good as it used to be. I'm a backend developer with around 8 years of experience. I actually received 2 offers today, the first two in like a month. One is not for me, and I don't think I'm ready for the other one. I'm having a big imposter syndrome lately. I guess I need some time to learn more stuff and collect my thoughts.

I've been having big time imposter syndrome lately, too. I haven't received a single offer in any of the interviews I've been doing, either. It's been especially hard to keep that at bay after getting laid off again, but that's how this economy seems to be going for the foreseeable future.

Feel you distortion. It makes you really feel a bit shaken, when you have your internal view of what you can do, what you are good at, and think 'yeah, I'm decent'. And then you interview / apply and the rejection seems to be saying 'you go it wrong bro, WE don't think you are any good!'

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by quectophoton »

Southern Europe, software dev with 7 years of experience, have touched backend, frontend, and infrastructure as code on AWS and Azure.

Left my previous job last month, and got a new job just a few days after. Got really bad vibes, and left literally during the first week of having started.

Either I just wasted all my luck on that one opportunity, or that wasn't luck in the first place. Time will tell.

So my search just began again. Since we're at the end of the year I'm not too optimistic on even getting any interviews at all. Being realistic, I'm probably going to get ghosted for a few months and I'm mentally preparing for that.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by Irongirl1 »

geuis wrote: post #14

I've been looking for most of the past year. My back is against the wall. I've applied to more companies than I can keep track of. I've exhausted my savings. Friends and family have already helped as much as they can. I'm days away from having some life changing situational events happen. I've recently seen a small uptick in interviews, but over the last year almost nothing has moved past the initial call/zoom meetin…

Placer.ai

https://www.placer.ai/company/we-are-hiring

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by Darmody »

scientaster2 wrote: post #13
Darmody wrote: post #2

Not as good as it used to be. I'm a backend developer with around 8 years of experience. I actually received 2 offers today, the first two in like a month. One is not for me, and I don't think I'm ready for the other one. I'm having a big imposter syndrome lately. I guess I need some time to learn more stuff and collect my thoughts.

If it helps, some of the most successful people I know made their achievements by taking a risk on their current capabilities. It's obvious to say, but the best way to grow is to be in a position where you have a good growth opportunity - and inherently, that means you'll be swimming in a slightly bigger pond than you're comfortable in. I don't know anything about the specifics of your situation, so definitely discou…

You're right but there's also a survival bias there. I've risked before and it went well but now I don't see it clearly at all.
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