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Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by avgDev »

thecolorblew wrote: post #128
purple-leafy wrote: post #59

It’s insanely tough. I’m currently searching. For context - I’ve made 4 personal projects that currently have over 1000+ daily active users (numbers are ~1500, ~6000, ~14,000, and ~430,000) all created within the span of the last year. I’ve also sold software. On top of all that, I have an Engineering degree, 4 years experience, no breaks in employment, study on my afternoons and weekends (C, Go, C#) and take extra u…

FYI, the personal projects might be a detriment rather than a help as it may come across as "this person will have split priorities or might leave to pursue individual interests" For better or worse, I might not showcase those that much.

IMO a well rounded individual won't have much time for personal projects while working a full time job. They might be really good at writing code though.

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by yawnxyz »

meowster wrote: post #140
yawnxyz wrote: post #19

I know someone who has a UX background and is technical, who just landed a job... at a car dealership. Times are tough

I hope that person is continuing their job search, because from what I can tell, car dealerships aren't doing too hot right now.

Yeah I told them the same

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by solidninja »

trentnix wrote: post #13

I’m going through a similar experience after being laid off back in July for the first time in my career. The jobs advertised are quite often less-than-inspiring, the hiring processes are weird and opaque, and the hiring team is frequently disorganized and unprofessional. An interviewer last week was straight out of a Silicon Valley storyline, asking a “if you were on an elevator with Marc Andreessen” question and ex…

> a “if you were on an elevator with Marc Andreessen” question

Were they looking for a nice local newspaper story about a misdemeanor assault?

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by [deleted] »

snapcaster wrote: post #150
mathverse wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indians,Brazilians,Portuguese,Ukrainians,Russians are possibly the worst clique of discriminative nationalities. You can be 100% assured that you will be driven out of a company/job if more of them take a hold and get into higher up positions. This is not racism. This is a pure fact based on statistical evidence. You will be sold a dream of infinite scalability by hiring "talent" in those countries for cheap and what…

Can you link some of the facts/evidence?

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Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by randomdata »

snapcaster wrote: post #150
mathverse wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indians,Brazilians,Portuguese,Ukrainians,Russians are possibly the worst clique of discriminative nationalities. You can be 100% assured that you will be driven out of a company/job if more of them take a hold and get into higher up positions. This is not racism. This is a pure fact based on statistical evidence. You will be sold a dream of infinite scalability by hiring "talent" in those countries for cheap and what…

Can you link some of the facts/evidence?

What are you offering in return?

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by smileysteve »

To blame the the macro / US policies, 2 key things are impacting technology

- The end of 0% interest rates

- The 5 year amortization of the R&D tax credit as part of the 2017 Tax Act (versus same year since 1981)

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by obeid »

bubbleRefuge wrote: post #170
thw09j9m wrote: post #18

This is the toughest market I've ever seen. I easily made it to on-sites at FAANG a few years ago and now I'm getting resume rejected by no-name startups (and FAANG). The bar has also been raised significantly. I had an interview recently where I solved the algorithm question very quickly, but didn't refactor/clean up my code perfectly and was rejected.

My observation as well. Going remote makes it harder to switch jobs because of loosing the personal connections and networks that get developed working on site. Going through the front door when applying for opportunities is usually more difficult than the back door. Back door as in getting introduced via your network. As a result, I've learned that a good recruiter is now a necessity because they have those relation…

I don't mean to sound harsh, but it does sound like front/ backdoor metaphor is code for filtering people by the social biases that form much of the personal connections and networks you mention.

The effect of remote work, seems to be leveling the entry point for everyone; an advantage for people who got discriminated against before and a disadvantage for people who enjoyed their privilege for far too long.

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by randomdata »

mock-possum wrote: post #175
briandear wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bar has been lowered in many respects. 14 years experience, 5 of them at a FAANG. Successful startup exit for a small company I founded, and and endless array of India-based recruiters that, for example, want me to mention “Ruby 3.2” in my resume when the resume says I have 14 years of Ruby experience including using it daily in my present job. I could literally say “I invented Ruby and have worked with it daily…

Yeah I feel like the recent application experience is almost coercing me into racism - I don’t actually believe in racial superiority, I’m not into any kind of bigotry or mistreating other people… buuuuuut I’ve noticed that I have this visceral reaction to seeing a typical Indian name on an email from a potential employer, or a thick Indian accent on a phone or zoom call. It always just seems like an indication that…

On the bright side, racist thoughts creeping into classes who haven't been exposed to circumstances that lead to racist thoughts before might become more understanding of and helpful towards those who have contended with them for ages instead of simply dismissing them as people born with "incorrect thoughts". Racism is never actually about race.

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by ghaff »

ericmcer wrote: post #166
noobermin wrote: post #85

Sometimes I feel like you guys live in alternative universe. Nothing about the "bad" interview sounded too atypical. Sure it's annoying, but not uncommon enough to be exceptional. I don't mean to discount anyone's unpleasantness but you'd be surprised how much worse the rest of the world is.

I was talking to someone who is applying in another industry and they were bemoaning having to list a bunch of references on their resume, and having to call all their references to talk about the businesses that might contact them, what to say, etc. Leetcode stuff sucks, but it is kind of nice being an industry where I can have no college degree and no references, but over the course of a few 1 hour interviews demon…

In tech, I've tended to provide references. Don't know if they were ever called but I had them lined up. And pretty much all my jobs have been through my network in any case.

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by ghaff »

danielvaughn wrote: post #43
PittleyDunkin wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my experience, even internal referrals barely give you an edge these days unless the referrer is quite high in the company org. Of course things can change rapidly; perhaps the influx of ai-produced applications may bring this practice back.

Yep. Several months ago I leaned on a friend for a referral. This person is relatively well known in his industry. He’s written books and has spoke at a lot of conferences, and been interviewed by a lot of outlets. I got a personal referral from him, and I didn’t even get a phone call with a recruiter. Crazy.

There's still a lot of luck of the draw.

It certainly helps if the person is the hiring manager or some skip-level of the hiring manager as opposed to just an industry "name."

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