Layoffs may not be mounting, but it’s getting harder to find a job in a labor market where hiring is “anemic” as tariff-driven economic uncertainty has put a chill on some employers.
I’m going to become homeless before I get an interview. I have ten years experience. I’m trying to keep my head held high and do self training. Even posting my Udemy certs on LinkedIn (I know they’re worth less than toilet paper).
20 years of experience and a degree and “Udemy” certs here. Took me 6 months and 250ish applications to find a crappy job in my field.
If you’re a developer, this isn’t the right time to be getting a job. I haven’t made this little since 2012. You’re better off finding a different path.
I am. The company I work for was recently bought. I’d been there 8 years so I got a couple of months they’re still keeping me on.
But the guy that had 1 idea 30+ years ago got $30,000,000 for all the risk he assumed in hiring other devs with money he already had to build his idea.
I hear you buddy. How many applications are you putting in per day? It sucks, I know, but you should be doing like 20 a day. Are you using the other sites like dice, indeed? Is there a specific technology that you have been using primarily for the last 10 years?
I was putting in about a dozen per day on LinkedIn and was getting nowhere. Then after a few weeks there weren’t a dozen places left to apply at. So now I do that about twice a week and look up posts created in a week’s time.
My main skills over the last 10 years have been HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the React framework. I just got done cramming Python so I can learn Flask.
Dice and Indeed have traditionally only gotten me third party recruiters and that never ends well or is profitable.
Yeah, I stay away from recruiters these days. They seem to have one thing for me and if I don’t get it than they never consider me again. That’s not how recruiters are supposed to work lol.
Do you have a portfolio or GitHub with some work on it? I ended up having to put a bunch of random crap on GitHub. I don’t think anybody looks at it they just want to see something there.
Also, how is your resume looking? Have you gotten feedback on it? I recall there being a Reddit community specifically for resume help. And whenever you can, you should send a—cover letter—I just threw up a little. It all feels like such a waste of time…
Most of the places I interviewed with are looking to go full serverless, so that’s less interest in Flask—but I still saw a fair amount of Python gigs.
I got shot down a ton because my background isn’t really in serverless stuff. Sure I can do it, but it’s not what my work experience shows. I ended up just putting AWS, and all those others, on my resume even though I’ve not actually worked with it in production.
Right now I’m with a company who is using SvelteKit on Cloudflare, and it’s lovely. However, the Svelte market is really small and I’m not sure how well that will help me if this company fails.
Web Development and UI/UX Design. In practice a React Developer that used Figma for planning. Basically I would draw the site, then build all the visual elements, implement all the behaviors, and then hook it up to a backend built by someone else. I’m cramming Udemy courses to become a Full Stack Web Developer.
I’m going to become homeless before I get an interview. I have ten years experience. I’m trying to keep my head held high and do self training. Even posting my Udemy certs on LinkedIn (I know they’re worth less than toilet paper).
No one cares.
20 years of experience and a degree and “Udemy” certs here. Took me 6 months and 250ish applications to find a crappy job in my field.
If you’re a developer, this isn’t the right time to be getting a job. I haven’t made this little since 2012. You’re better off finding a different path.
I am. The company I work for was recently bought. I’d been there 8 years so I got a couple of months they’re still keeping me on.
But the guy that had 1 idea 30+ years ago got $30,000,000 for all the risk he assumed in hiring other devs with money he already had to build his idea.
I don’t have any other options that don’t involve unskilled labor. I’m also not a young man anymore.
I hear you buddy. How many applications are you putting in per day? It sucks, I know, but you should be doing like 20 a day. Are you using the other sites like dice, indeed? Is there a specific technology that you have been using primarily for the last 10 years?
I was putting in about a dozen per day on LinkedIn and was getting nowhere. Then after a few weeks there weren’t a dozen places left to apply at. So now I do that about twice a week and look up posts created in a week’s time.
My main skills over the last 10 years have been HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the React framework. I just got done cramming Python so I can learn Flask.
Dice and Indeed have traditionally only gotten me third party recruiters and that never ends well or is profitable.
Yeah, I stay away from recruiters these days. They seem to have one thing for me and if I don’t get it than they never consider me again. That’s not how recruiters are supposed to work lol.
Do you have a portfolio or GitHub with some work on it? I ended up having to put a bunch of random crap on GitHub. I don’t think anybody looks at it they just want to see something there.
Also, how is your resume looking? Have you gotten feedback on it? I recall there being a Reddit community specifically for resume help. And whenever you can, you should send a—cover letter—I just threw up a little. It all feels like such a waste of time…
Most of the places I interviewed with are looking to go full serverless, so that’s less interest in Flask—but I still saw a fair amount of Python gigs.
I got shot down a ton because my background isn’t really in serverless stuff. Sure I can do it, but it’s not what my work experience shows. I ended up just putting AWS, and all those others, on my resume even though I’ve not actually worked with it in production.
Right now I’m with a company who is using SvelteKit on Cloudflare, and it’s lovely. However, the Svelte market is really small and I’m not sure how well that will help me if this company fails.
I’m actually aiming for AWS certs so hopefully my stack will be applicable.
20 years experience. 58 years old laid off by a thinly veiled pac masquerading as a no. Profit
Can’t even get a damn interview. It’s been two years. I’ve quit looking for work and just started teaching guitar.
I will never make good money again.
Lucky for me I can’t play guitar either. The only passion I got is Aztec history and I’m not qualified to teach anyone.
What technologies did you work with?
If you don’t mind me asking, what’s your field?
Web Development and UI/UX Design. In practice a React Developer that used Figma for planning. Basically I would draw the site, then build all the visual elements, implement all the behaviors, and then hook it up to a backend built by someone else. I’m cramming Udemy courses to become a Full Stack Web Developer.