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Looking for a Job Is Tough

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184 points skaplich | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 01:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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thw09j9m ◴[14 Nov 24 03:08 UTC] No.42132752[source]▶
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.

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ericmcer ◴[14 Nov 24 17:21 UTC] No.42138532[source]▶
Anecdotal but I felt it was worst during the mass layoffs in late 2022/early 2023. It has been very slowly recovering since then.

The late 2020 period was the absolute best time though. I got multiple offers almost instantly, and after I signed on it felt like the org was bloated with engineers just fiddling away on meaningless projects.

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1. wyclif ◴[15 Nov 24 01:10 UTC] No.42143028[source]▶
That's always the effect of free money.