Ask HN: How’s the Job Search Going?
I’ve never seen the tech market like this. 9 years experience and getting rejected prior to any initial interviews for dozens of jobs - normally I get around 50% interviews and of those 50% job offers. Anyone else having similar issues?
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Over 21 years I would say it's gone back and forth from "leave a job, take a day off, interview the next day for another job, start at the end of the week" to the occasional job search that takes most of a year.
Heh - times have been good for so long, we have a generation of coders that never saw bad times.
Tech has its ups and downs just like any other career...
Tech has its ups and downs just like any other career...
Yeah I've never seen a bad time before so it's sort of freaking me out.
It's gone from 'oh, I want a new job, I'll start next week somewhere I guess' to 'oh, I got a rejection from twenty roles that match me perfectly, huh...'
Way to take my professional ego down a few pegs lol
It's gone from 'oh, I want a new job, I'll start next week somewhere I guess' to 'oh, I got a rejection from twenty roles that match me perfectly, huh...'
Way to take my professional ego down a few pegs lol
Hopefully it'll turn around for ya soon..Don't forget "who's hiring" comes out this week :-D Also, with 10 years exp. you're getting into the higher end of the pay scales, so rather then taking your ego down, think of it as "I'm no longer a starving student..."
I quit my job (Friday was my last day), so I'm waiting for it as well. I figure I'll take it slow, and try to find something that's really interesting. I'm 55, and got my last job about 3 years ago - so it'll be interesting to see if I get any pushback about my age...
I quit my job (Friday was my last day), so I'm waiting for it as well. I figure I'll take it slow, and try to find something that's really interesting. I'm 55, and got my last job about 3 years ago - so it'll be interesting to see if I get any pushback about my age...
Thanks! If it helps I've worked with a couple technical people at my most recent startup role who were a similar age and never saw any ageism so there's definitely companies out there that respect serious experience :) Best of luck with your search too!
Thanks - Can't say I've really noticed it either...But it comes up on here often enough I'm curious.