It worked for me. I quit my job due to problems after a management switcheroo that shafted me, planned on applying for jobs - I specifically wanted something i

It worked for me. I quit my job due to problems after a management switcheroo that shafted me, planned on applying for jobs - I specifically wanted something in FinTech, that used Elixir - and applied for four jobs, plus one "why the hell not" application I did at Facebook. If I didn't get a job, my plan was to do Recurse Center until february and then try again with a wider search. I got into RC, did not get the Facebook interview (it was a miserable experience, where they had me whiteboard over coderpad -- code running was disable, WTF seriously, what's the point? might as well code over google docs), and then I got a job at a fintech that uses Elixir. I didn't even get a tech question in my interview. This probably won't work for everyone. I have a LOT of public bona fides as an elixir developer (I have six libraries on the public elixir repository that I pinned to the top of my github), elixir companies are hiring a LOT, and as an elixir dev, you don't have to compete as much with the market of lemons among programmers. I also had no debt, and about seven months of drawdown.