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Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by equity »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #45
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.

> 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. Bearing in mind the implicit comparison to "a few years ago", a few years ago I interviewed with Google, at which point the recruiter told me I'd passed the interview, wished me congratulations (!), told me to expect a job offer,…

There will be a pool of candidates who "passed", and hiring managers can search through that pool to decide who to take for their team. If there are fewer openings than candidates who "passed" or hiring managers aren't interested in taking someone, then these folks won't get an offer.

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by thaumasiotes »

equity wrote: post #281
thaumasiotes wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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. Bearing in mind the implicit comparison to "a few years ago", a few years ago I interviewed with Google, at which point the recruiter told me I'd passed the interview, wished me congratulations (!), told me to expect a job offer,…

There will be a pool of candidates who "passed", and hiring managers can search through that pool to decide who to take for their team. If there are fewer openings than candidates who "passed" or hiring managers aren't interested in taking someone, then these folks won't get an offer.

Is it normal to congratulate those people on the fact that you're not offering them a job?

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by dang »

tharkun__ wrote: post #225
randomdata wrote: post #198

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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.

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Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by throawayfarm »

randomdata wrote: post #265
_heimdall wrote: post #261

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> To be fair, there was Onlyfans kind of money in it in 2022. It ebbs and flows. Always has, always will. Are you thinking about some of the homestead influencer types here? I have a homestead / small family farm and follow quite a few of the common ones. Those that make good money as influencers don't really farm, and those that do farm are getting by but not making any profits big enough to write home about. We dec…

> Are you thinking about some of the homestead influencer types here? Not really. I was humorously comparing farm incomes to incomes of certain pornographic performers. Not quite up there with the 1920s (when the farmers all built mansions after harvest), or the 1970s (when a single crop paid for the entire farm), but it was probably the third best time in history to be a farmer. Of course, good times can't last fore…

how much did it cost to start up your farm?

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by xivusr »

I've been unemployed for 3 months now. Building a swiftui app and applying to several Sr Engineer roles a week. Lots of recruiters reach out out and then ghost after 1-2 meetings. Been in the industry for almost 16 years now, have never struggled to find new role like this. Seems like everywhere is looking for unicorns with very specific criteria instead of problem solvers with a proven history of learning and using the correct tool for a job. Running weekdays and working on side project helps with mental health, hopefully can find something before I run out of savings. Best of luck to OP and everyone else in this challenging market.

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by thesuitonym »

dartos wrote: post #276
thesuitonym wrote: post #118

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The media seems to think the great resignation has ended, but really it’s just that jobs have dried up. Professionals, especially good ones, are eager to leave their current jobs, but the pool is so small, there’s just nowhere to go. And with so many people looking for new positions, if you’re not highly keyword targeted, you won’t go anywhere.

I can’t wait until linkedin charges people to boost resumes a la tinder.

They already sort of do. Every time you apply to a job on LinkedIn, even if you click through to the company's ATS, LinkedIn tries to upsell their premium services, which allegedly promotes your resume. I saw no difference in the applications I submitted during the trial, which I assume is similar to the results folks see with super likes on Tinder.

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by snapcaster »

_heimdall wrote: post #244
snapcaster wrote: post #151

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>We pretty explicitly ask candidates to not use AI. This doesn't work, because regardless of what the rules say if i think all my competitors are using AI (and you won't be able to reliably detect it) i'll feel pressured to use it as well. This is true of any advantage (spending extra time on 2 hour takehome assignment is the classic version of this)

To be fair, you don't have to fall into the Tragedy of the Commons trap. If everyone else chooses to use LLMs during an interview that's their choice. If you are asked not to and are uncomfortable using it anyway, just don't.

Of course, just like pro athletes don't have to do steroids but it's obviously a competitive disadvantage

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by snapcaster »

pSYoniK wrote: post #239

It is. It really is. I had posted something about jobs and looking for jobs some time before here, but the best advice I can give is that all of this "What color is your rainbow" and "Cracking the coding interview" and so on isn't really applicable or it never seemed applicable to me and my experience. To expand on my previous comment, I'm now on my 9th job in 10 years. Over the last year or so I've had another 30-40…

>To expand on my previous comment, I'm now on my 9th job in 10 years.

How does this work for you? I feel like by the time you would "ramp up" and actually start to have a good idea of the job you'd be moving on

Re: Looking for a Job Is Tough

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Post by rachofsunshine »

red-iron-pine wrote: post #264
rachofsunshine wrote: post #179

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It isn't cheap, though. You burn something on the order of 80k a hire to hire in-office, probably more if you're specifically looking in SF or NYC. Those roles are going to get squeezed pretty fast as the market heats up.

okay I know hiring is expensive, but 80k? are you buying these candidates first class flights with caviar? even at $300+ per hour of engineer time, I can interview 10 candidates with several engineers, and even fly promising ones out, for less than that, while using ATS systems like Taleo.

It cuts your candidate pool by a factor of five or ten, and adds about 30k a year of comp demands (a number which will grow as engs get less desperate in a warming market).
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