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The great displacement is already well underway?

(shawnfromportland.substack.com)
512 points JSLegendDev | 2 comments | 12 May 25 14:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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culebron21 ◴[13 May 25 19:29 UTC] No.43976684[source]▶
It's no wonder that applications don't work. I can confirm this, but I just quit wasting time on them, went via contacts network.

What surprised me is that the OP had no reaction for personal messages.

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brandall10 ◴[13 May 25 20:55 UTC] No.43977633[source]▶
I guess you missed this part: "manually messaging EACH of my 250 linkedin contacts asking if they had any leads"
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culebron21 ◴[13 May 25 20:58 UTC] No.43977656[source]▶
I did read it. What did I get wrong?
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brandall10 ◴[13 May 25 21:40 UTC] No.43978051[source]▶
You said you went via contacts network. Is this not his contacts network?

Did you mean something else, as in LI itself is fruitless and to reach out directly to past colleagues?

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1. culebron21 ◴[13 May 25 21:54 UTC] No.43978199[source]▶
Yes, correct. I went to my contacts, not only in LI. And he writes he PMed all of his ones, and it didn't work, which is surprising to me.
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2. brandall10 ◴[13 May 25 22:07 UTC] No.43978299[source]▶
What if you're not the type to maintain relationships w/ former coworkers?

Anyone I once had the personal contact info of - which could now be stale - is also a contact on LI. It just seems like a less weird venue to hit up someone you haven't spoken to since you last worked some position. That's also been largely the case when old coworkers reach out to me.

The key thing is he did hit up what could be defined as his network and got nothing.