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Are you working on my project? I'm trying to get out, but not having much luck. I wonder if recruiters are turned off by the fact that I'm looking for another

by snegu 7y ago

Are you working on my project? I'm trying to get out, but not having much luck. I wonder if recruiters are turned off by the fact that I'm looking for another job again after just a few months.

wikibob 7y ago
What city are you in? Across the major markets in the USA and Europe I’ve never seen a hotter market. If you aren’t getting responses I would ask someone for help with how you are marketing yourself. Post your LinkedIn profile if you’d like
- snegu 7y ago
  I'm in a rather isolated place (I work remotely) so I need to find another remote gig. I'm also a UX designer, not a developer, so the market isn't quite as hot. The nice thing about remote though, is that it's easy for me to disconnect emotionally from how shitty my current job is.
- ChuckNorris89 7y ago
  What would you consider a hot market in Europe? I mean, one could say my city is also hot by the number of search results from the keyword software in the job portals but after closer inspection, if you've been around the block a few times, you can easily tell that over 90% of those jobs are shitty micromanaged fake scrum-driven burnout meat grinders. Therefore, the remaining 10% are spammed to death with resumes so they can afford to be incredibly picky and wouldn't even look at you without seniority in other prestigious places that do exactly what they're looking for. And they don't care for leetcode either so the barrier of entry remains prestige. IMHO that's not really hot.
blaser-waffle 7y ago
How long were you at the job before this (crappy) one? 3.5 years at gig X and then 5 months at crappy gig Y isn't an issue -- new gig wasn't a fit, easy to play that off. "I tried to make it work but it felt like a bait and switch" would be an acceptable answer. But a track record of ~1 year or less at places says that you're the problem or you make a lot of bad choices.
- snegu 7y ago
  5 years at my last job (split between two different roles), so I should be good there.

by snegu 7y ago

Are you working on my project? I'm trying to get out, but not having much luck. I wonder if recruiters are turned off by the fact that I'm looking for another job again after just a few months.

wikibob 7y ago

What city are you in? Across the major markets in the USA and Europe I’ve never seen a hotter market. If you aren’t getting responses I would ask someone for help with how you are marketing yourself. Post your LinkedIn profile if you’d like

snegu 7y ago
I'm in a rather isolated place (I work remotely) so I need to find another remote gig. I'm also a UX designer, not a developer, so the market isn't quite as hot. The nice thing about remote though, is that it's easy for me to disconnect emotionally from how shitty my current job is.
ChuckNorris89 7y ago
What would you consider a hot market in Europe? I mean, one could say my city is also hot by the number of search results from the keyword software in the job portals but after closer inspection, if you've been around the block a few times, you can easily tell that over 90% of those jobs are shitty micromanaged fake scrum-driven burnout meat grinders. Therefore, the remaining 10% are spammed to death with resumes so they can afford to be incredibly picky and wouldn't even look at you without seniority in other prestigious places that do exactly what they're looking for. And they don't care for leetcode either so the barrier of entry remains prestige. IMHO that's not really hot.

blaser-waffle 7y ago

How long were you at the job before this (crappy) one? 3.5 years at gig X and then 5 months at crappy gig Y isn't an issue -- new gig wasn't a fit, easy to play that off. "I tried to make it work but it felt like a bait and switch" would be an acceptable answer. But a track record of ~1 year or less at places says that you're the problem or you make a lot of bad choices.

snegu 7y ago
5 years at my last job (split between two different roles), so I should be good there.