Hello, I am the author. > So the author waited for people to come to them, and when nothing worked out, declared themself "unemployable" (despite not proactive

Hello, I am the author. > So the author waited for people to come to them, and when nothing worked out, declared themself "unemployable" (despite not proactively looking for work). There are two sections. There is the part where people reached out to me. Then there is the part where I went out and interviewed more proactively. And there is a lot of stuff in between that doesn't really fit into this blog post. So consider my version a simpler, abbreviated version than real life. > According to the blog post, they didn't proactively apply at companies they were interested in. I did apply at companies I was interested in. Why wouldn't I? > They didn't bother catching up on new technologies or other skills sought after in the current market, spending their time on building a computer game instead. So, I had just come off 5 years deeply immersed in the bleeding edge of deep learning and the beginnings of the wider application of this technology at various companies. Excuse me for wanting to try something different. Have you ever made a game before? Do you have any idea how technically involved it is? How does this not count as catching up on new technologies or other skills? I should have studied leet code interviews instead? I think I'd rather enjoy life and pursue things I find interesting. > Interviewers are being vilified for acting in their own best interests rather than the author's conveniences. No, they are being vilified for focusing on arbitrary things rather than focusing on things that are important to the actual job. > It's hard to sympathize with the author when the narrative is essentially "I put very little effort into getting hired and so had to work a little harder to get a job". I'm not looking for your sympathy and I don't know what part of my life story seems low effort to you.