I've been passively searching, sending a resume, hitting click-to-apply here and there. For the 100 times or so Ive done this since March I've had only 2 responses and they were both automated replies of "not interested". I have a lengthy and compelling resume that has always served me well. I've never had any trouble finding a new position, save for 2008 and I still did well then even. From my perspective its as if the world has ceased to function or I've been put on some fictitious black list. I have never seen anything remotely like this.
A quick thought: You could try to peek into the new world. They are not calcified (yet) and thus growing quickly, covering half of the world population. Surely they could appreciate your extended experience.
The job market is an absolute trainwreck right now. Been looking for a few months or so, and despite a fairly decent number of interviews, it's been miserable finding anything resembling a good job as a web developer or software engineer. Hundreds of applications for every role, most people getting a one line rejection or ignored outright, interviewers ghosting you after multiple rounds of interviews, being told you were the 2nd or 3rd best candidate and missing out on the offer by some ridiculously tiny amount...
It's become incredibly disheartening, and made me genuinely consider either trying to enter a different line of work, or trying to become a successful creator/entrepreneur instead.
Honestly, I'd say you should continue the startup, since you've got some traction so far and the odds of that becoming sustainable seem about as good (terrible) as getting a traditional job in many industries.
Continue with your startup mate, the current market is lousy right now...extremely stressful from all over the place.
I have been reading the same ad jobs for the same positions for more than a year now - at least where I live - and I have contacted acquaintances to ask how things are in their companies since they advertise.
Guess what? They had no clue and got scared, but luckily enough one of them knew one of the HR ladies and let him know they do this fake job ads to maintain the company's value until the end of the year they will close their accounting books.
You realize how petrified my acquaintance became when he heard that; it's a clear indication that a shit-storm is about to take place for some companies after new year's.
Let's hope all this is a big bluff and false alarm!
I'm still working through legal complications with my current employer, and in no mood to start my own company. The job market is also bad on the dataeng / datainfra / mlops side of things. My first guess is that interest rates still have to come down some. Giving up on software engineering and trying a different line of work is not an option for me, I was born with a passion for this.
This is unsurprising. Any gender can discriminate. There have been multiple studies about some women being hard asses in the workplace so they don't get stereotyped as being a pushover, especially towards other women so they aren't seen as being sexist (even if that makes them more sexist).
I've had two managers indirectly hold paternity leave against me. Both were along the lines of not prorating the numbers during comparisons or saying that others contributed to a major initiative and I didn't have that opportunity when that initiative took place during my leave.
I'm actively looking internally and it's complete shit for the entire past year. Company-wide with over 20k employees and job postings at any given time are about 75-90. Stuff at my level and the level above me is rare. Like maybe 3-5 combined dev positions at any given time at those levels, but many of those already have shoe-ins. Others are on shitty teams or opened internally first so they can take someone external. I'm passively looking externally, but it's equally shitty there. I'm even more discouraged there since I have a disability and it seems that makes it extra hard to be externally hired.
I took off a year and a half for travel. Still did tech stuff during that time (woofing - helped some farms with websites and iot stuff) so my skills weren’t exactly languishing, but in the past four months of applying I’ve received one interview and it was for a role I applied to two years ago that had to take the posting down for a hiring freeze and only just recently got the go ahead to fill said position. So I’m working at a grocery store stocking produce these days. Gotta pay the bills.
I don't know when these will end, no one know, but it seems that startup, especially ai industry begins to recruit again (From my experience), let see how the QE land next year
I've been passively searching, sending a resume, hitting click-to-apply here and there. For the 100 times or so Ive done this since March I've had only 2 responses and they were both automated replies of "not interested". I have a lengthy and compelling resume that has always served me well. I've never had any trouble finding a new position, save for 2008 and I still did well then even. From my perspective its as if the world has ceased to function or I've been put on some fictitious black list. I have never seen anything remotely like this.
Oh wow, I'm not the only one who goes through this!
A guy I know well is a senior level recruiter at a large firm. Earlier this year his company FIRED THE ENTIRE RECRUITING DEPARTMENT.
Let me guess: they will replace HR with AI automated interview stuff over the internet?
A quick thought: You could try to peek into the new world. They are not calcified (yet) and thus growing quickly, covering half of the world population. Surely they could appreciate your extended experience.
The job market is an absolute trainwreck right now. Been looking for a few months or so, and despite a fairly decent number of interviews, it's been miserable finding anything resembling a good job as a web developer or software engineer. Hundreds of applications for every role, most people getting a one line rejection or ignored outright, interviewers ghosting you after multiple rounds of interviews, being told you were the 2nd or 3rd best candidate and missing out on the offer by some ridiculously tiny amount...
It's become incredibly disheartening, and made me genuinely consider either trying to enter a different line of work, or trying to become a successful creator/entrepreneur instead.
Honestly, I'd say you should continue the startup, since you've got some traction so far and the odds of that becoming sustainable seem about as good (terrible) as getting a traditional job in many industries.
Continue with your startup mate, the current market is lousy right now...extremely stressful from all over the place.
I have been reading the same ad jobs for the same positions for more than a year now - at least where I live - and I have contacted acquaintances to ask how things are in their companies since they advertise.
Guess what? They had no clue and got scared, but luckily enough one of them knew one of the HR ladies and let him know they do this fake job ads to maintain the company's value until the end of the year they will close their accounting books.
You realize how petrified my acquaintance became when he heard that; it's a clear indication that a shit-storm is about to take place for some companies after new year's.
Let's hope all this is a big bluff and false alarm!
I'm still working through legal complications with my current employer, and in no mood to start my own company. The job market is also bad on the dataeng / datainfra / mlops side of things. My first guess is that interest rates still have to come down some. Giving up on software engineering and trying a different line of work is not an option for me, I was born with a passion for this.
"my manager (a woman!) still discriminated."
This is unsurprising. Any gender can discriminate. There have been multiple studies about some women being hard asses in the workplace so they don't get stereotyped as being a pushover, especially towards other women so they aren't seen as being sexist (even if that makes them more sexist).
I've had two managers indirectly hold paternity leave against me. Both were along the lines of not prorating the numbers during comparisons or saying that others contributed to a major initiative and I didn't have that opportunity when that initiative took place during my leave.
I'm actively looking internally and it's complete shit for the entire past year. Company-wide with over 20k employees and job postings at any given time are about 75-90. Stuff at my level and the level above me is rare. Like maybe 3-5 combined dev positions at any given time at those levels, but many of those already have shoe-ins. Others are on shitty teams or opened internally first so they can take someone external. I'm passively looking externally, but it's equally shitty there. I'm even more discouraged there since I have a disability and it seems that makes it extra hard to be externally hired.
I took off a year and a half for travel. Still did tech stuff during that time (woofing - helped some farms with websites and iot stuff) so my skills weren’t exactly languishing, but in the past four months of applying I’ve received one interview and it was for a role I applied to two years ago that had to take the posting down for a hiring freeze and only just recently got the go ahead to fill said position. So I’m working at a grocery store stocking produce these days. Gotta pay the bills.
I didn’t know they welcomed this sort of help! How was your experience?
I don't know when these will end, no one know, but it seems that startup, especially ai industry begins to recruit again (From my experience), let see how the QE land next year
Startups are always risky.
How much do you need money.
If you don't need it, keep running the start up.
If you need an income, and you're open to taking a cut, the market is ok. I took a 50k pay cut at a point ( I'm most of the way back though).