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Not even remotely close, but I'm certainly not thriving in any identifiable way. I'm just leaving a comment in hope that things improve. I ain't there (UK) no more, but if I werzle, I'd say:
Best wishes from Pill.
Good luck and keep pushing! There's something out there, for sure.
I'm fortunate to still be in a role, but I've always kept an eye out for other opportunities, and it looks very rough out there in the UK job market. I don't know if companies are just in a "wait and see" stance to see the effect of AI coding agents, or if it's the sign of a wider slowdown. 100% remote is also a tough ask. I've noticed increasingly job roles are listed as 2-3 days in the office as companies awkwardly…
This will be a U.S. centered response, because that’s where I live and work. We’ve tried hiring for local and remote roles. It’s a terrible experience all around, both on the hiring and being hired side of the equation. The company I work for is a medium sized business, in residential and commercial construction. For example, a recent react native mobile dev position my company posted had about 300 applications in th…
Thank you
I'm curious where in the funnel you fall off. Do you get a phone screen? Coding interviews? Or just crickets?
just crickets, I get nothing!
Why is Hacker News so interested in regular software jobs? Isn't the idea of the site to "hack" as in thinking outside the box, building your own projects and companies, doing things in interesting new ways?
Do you have 1 of these 2 things? 1) No family to support 2) A set of assets to support not having income?
I certainly am also. 32 years of professional work. Capable and willing to wear many hats, communicate with people of all walks of life (and neuro-divergencies), and even travel frequently. Over the last two years I have applied to at least 150 jobs. For each application which would accept a cover letter, I wrote one. And I only applied to roles which I really believed I would fit into - I didn't just spray and pray.…
> my new web game, Vector Defense That's kind of a throwback. (I know these are different games.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_TD
Since this was intended to be a weekend project, I stopped myself after several days of effort so I can return to doing "productive" things.
But I have two more improvements on the agenda: personal and global high score list, in the old style of just three initials (and maybe let you choose your country flag); and more ambitiously, a map editor and public maps with vote/ranking.
I certainly am also. 32 years of professional work. Capable and willing to wear many hats, communicate with people of all walks of life (and neuro-divergencies), and even travel frequently. Over the last two years I have applied to at least 150 jobs. For each application which would accept a cover letter, I wrote one. And I only applied to roles which I really believed I would fit into - I didn't just spray and pray.…
Hey, for what it's worth: that game was a blast. I forgot how much I enjoyed tower defense. Thank you for the 30 minutes of unexpected fun. Good luck in your search!
I certainly am also. 32 years of professional work. Capable and willing to wear many hats, communicate with people of all walks of life (and neuro-divergencies), and even travel frequently. Over the last two years I have applied to at least 150 jobs. For each application which would accept a cover letter, I wrote one. And I only applied to roles which I really believed I would fit into - I didn't just spray and pray.…
Could you configure a limited free trial? I've had other plans for the weekend!
Are you able to move / relocate away from the UK? Unless the company is a FAANG company or hedge fund, the UK tech scene is dead. I don’t see any good UK startups worth joining in the UK. All the good ones are in SF / NY, etc.
I can, I have an EU nationality so working for an EU client is seamless to me. > Unless the company is a FAANG company or hedge fund, the UK tech scene is dead. That is VERY, VERY true > I don’t see any good UK startups worth joining in the UK. All the good ones are in SF / NY, etc. There's a few popping up all over the EU too but from my search a single hub in the US(Say Austin, TX) has a bigger and better ecosystem…
What's actually going on within the UK tech jobs landscape? What about certain sectors like fintech? What about all the recent AI startups hiring? What are your on-ground observations?
Within my LinkedIn feed bubble, things are not that bad in the UK, but what is actually happening?
Domain-specific knowledge, having no relation to software engineering per se, is a necessary skill set. The best analogy I can find, if not a tired one, is the equivalence of software engineering to tool-and-die making. In prior generations where manufacturing was king, it was a necessary operational skill set in order to produce things at scale, yet is much less (if no longer) relevant in the age of additive or subt…