I left out some of my frustrations simply because there wasn't room for everything and the piece was already getting long. I've also run into the "OK, you got t

I left out some of my frustrations simply because there wasn't room for everything and the piece was already getting long. I've also run into the "OK, you got through all the interviews, here's an offer for a contracting slot rather than employment". I've run into impossibly-broad non-compete agreements that I simply can't sign without risking my livelihood if the position doesn't work out. I've run into interviewers who didn't know basic things about the tech they were interviewing me on. I've also gotten a few speculative recruiters who are just obviously going off a list of auto-slurped email addresses from GitHub and not taking the time to match up positions to skills (including one person who very persistently wanted me to look into a job writing C++ all day). And on the flip side I've applied speculatively to a few smaller shops that looked like they were doing interesting stuff, only to get the "we think you're overqualified and can't afford you" reply.