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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now::Nearly 300,000 tech employees have been laid off since last year, data shows.

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[–] rambaroo 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Are you actually in the market right now or just making stuff up? You use a lot of qualifying language in this post that makes it sound like you're just reassuring yourself. It comes off as condescension.

There are hundreds of thousands of unemployed devs right now, plus all the scrub gold chasers trying to break into the industry. And not everyone has connections that can get them a job. Networking is still a numbers game, it isn't magic.

[–] rockstarmode 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure what qualifying language you took offense at, and I wasn't intending to be condescending.

I admitted that my experience was indeed anecdotal, but I stand by my statements. If you're good at what you do in tech, you have a few years of experience, and you're willing to take take positions that differ from your comfort zone you should never be without well paying work.

I'm always in the market as you put it, even though I'm not looking to leave my current position any time soon. I did 2 interviews in the last 7 days, and I turn down offers probably once a month.

I know this isn't how it works for everyone in tech, but once you get your career grooved it isn't unrealistic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm always willing to take positions different from my comfort zone but it feels like no one wants to hire me unless I have experience with all their tech stack and languages or am willing to take a pay cut. But I can't in this environment, I have loans and a family and expensive rent and groceries to pay for. It's kind of annoying because I actually would like to change it up lol.

[–] rockstarmode 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I hear you, it's always tough out there, keep at it you got this.

The reason I take multiple interviews a week even when I'm not looking change positions is because it takes that level of legwork to maintain my career.

I don't want to sound like I'm down playing how difficult it is to succeed in our industry. It takes a bunch of work, and networking, but getting ahead if you have talent is 100% doable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thatd a good idea. I really need to do the same thing: apply and take interviews all the time even when I'm not looking to change. At the very least, it'll help me know what to frameworks and platforms to study for instead of studying broad tech interview concepts.