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If you're comfortable sharing, what are your shortcomings? How are you doing on the technical questions? What level positions are you applying to? > a few pr

If you're comfortable sharing, what are your shortcomings? How are you doing on the technical questions? What level positions are you applying to? > a few projects even prompted companies to reach out to me first This raises a flag for me. If they're reaching out, they must be convinced of your technical ability. I understand you're frustrated and I don't want to read too much into your post. However, how you're talking about your relationships, being blunt, working at desperate places, it makes me think your interviewing skills need work. A single interview faux pas can remove you from consideration. Being negative or highlighting your faults puts you in a bad light. It's entirely possible to remain positive, but still be honest about your experience. I might have phrased "acknowledging their deficiencies" too literally. To give you an example, I once interviewed someone who couldn't even explain basic terminology. Their github was just OK. Yet, they knew about the company. They spoke intelligently about their projects and seemed excited about what the team does. They knew the technical portion didn't go great and were able to 1) convince me they could learn and 2) positively related their existing experience and prior ability to learn to the requirements of the position. Great junior. For the pay cut, there's too many factors to assume, but in this situation, I'm not paying senior rates for lessor work. You also have no leverage so you'd be at wherever I value the position and my belief in your ability. Again, if you can prove yourself after hiring, I'd bring your pay up to an appropriate place.

ccajas 8y ago
I apply mainly to mid-level positions. Probably about 70% of the positions I apply to are mid-level or nondescript, about 10% senior-level, and about 20% junior-level. > A single interview faux pas can remove you from consideration. That's terrible. When you’re on the job, people can judge you all they want but it’s gonna take many minor bad judgements (or a few serious ones) to pile up to make them cut ties and fire you. In an interview, way too many things have to go right. That's not a microcosm of a typical job at all. With regards to professional faux pas, I prefer to follow this: if one mistake is not worth firing someone from their job, it's also not worth rejecting someone for a job. Perhaps I can look into jobs where interviewing skills are not strictly required? I count every real interview I go to as practice, and after practicing with dozens of phone interviews, and about 10 on-sites, it's no longer clicking for me. So there's gotta be another way, I think.

ccajas 8y ago

I apply mainly to mid-level positions. Probably about 70% of the positions I apply to are mid-level or nondescript, about 10% senior-level, and about 20% junior-level. > A single interview faux pas can remove you from consideration. That's terrible. When you’re on the job, people can judge you all they want but it’s gonna take many minor bad judgements (or a few serious ones) to pile up to make them cut ties and fire you. In an interview, way too many things have to go right. That's not a microcosm of a typical job at all. With regards to professional faux pas, I prefer to follow this: if one mistake is not worth firing someone from their job, it's also not worth rejecting someone for a job. Perhaps I can look into jobs where interviewing skills are not strictly required? I count every real interview I go to as practice, and after practicing with dozens of phone interviews, and about 10 on-sites, it's no longer clicking for me. So there's gotta be another way, I think.